English Explanatory Dictionary

donnish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Characteristic of a university don.
  2. Bookish, theoretical and pedantic, as opposed to practical.

Word forms

donnish more donnish most donnish

Etymology

From don (professor) + -ish.

Derived words

donnishly donnishness undonnish
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