adj
Meaning 1
Characteristic of a university don.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
donnish
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adj
Meaning 2
Bookish, theoretical and pedantic, as opposed to practical.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The new engineer had a donnish air, and found it difficult to communicate with the workers in the factory.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: academic, pedantic
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From don (professor) + -ish.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: сух (suh) — bookish
- Bulgarian: педантичен (pedantičen) — bookish