donnish

[ don-ish ]

/ ˈdɒn ɪʃ /

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adjective

resembling or characteristic of a university don; bookish; pedantic.

Origin of donnish

First recorded in 1825–35; don¹ + -ish¹

OTHER WORDS FROM donnish

don·nish·ly, adverbdon·nish·ness, noundonnism, noun

Words nearby donnish

donnée, Donne, John, Donnelly, Donner Pass, donnert, donnish, donny, donnybrook, Donnybrook Fair, do no good, donor

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Example sentences from the Web for donnish

I thought that he was affecting the poet, and in me he found a donnish affectation of the British sportsman.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition|Robert Louis Stevenson
He had known dons at Oxford, and placed Lady Latimer in the donnish caste: that was all.
The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax|Harriet Parr
Sheffield said he liked people to be natural, and hated that donnish manner.
Loss and Gain|John Henry Newman
I do not know whether I am donnish with him, or if I bullied him too much when he was little; but he is always counter to me.
The Pillars of the House, Vol. I (of 2)|Charlotte M. Yonge

Never were dons of the donnish sort more brilliantly twitted than by young Belloc.
Shandygaff|Christopher Morley

British Dictionary definitions for donnish

donnish

/ (ˈdɒnɪʃ) /

adjective

of or resembling a university don

Derived forms of donnish

donnishly, adverbdonnishness, noun

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单词	donnish
释义	donnish [ don-ish ] / ˈdɒn ɪʃ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR donnish ON THESAURUS.COM adjective resembling or characteristic of a university don; bookish; pedantic. Origin of donnish First recorded in 1825–35; don¹ + -ish¹ OTHER WORDS FROM donnish don·nish·ly, adverbdon·nish·ness, noundonnism, noun Words nearby donnish donnée, Donne, John, Donnelly, Donner Pass, donnert, donnish, donny, donnybrook, Donnybrook Fair, do no good, donor Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for donnish I thought that he was affecting the poet, and in me he found a donnish affectation of the British sportsman. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition\|Robert Louis Stevenson He had known dons at Oxford, and placed Lady Latimer in the donnish caste: that was all. The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax\|Harriet Parr Sheffield said he liked people to be natural, and hated that donnish manner. Loss and Gain\|John Henry Newman I do not know whether I am donnish with him, or if I bullied him too much when he was little; but he is always counter to me. The Pillars of the House, Vol. I (of 2)\|Charlotte M. Yonge Never were dons of the donnish sort more brilliantly twitted than by young Belloc. Shandygaff\|Christopher Morley British Dictionary definitions for donnish donnish / (ˈdɒnɪʃ) / adjective of or resembling a university don Derived forms of donnish donnishly, adverbdonnishness, noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to donnish pompous, stilted, abstruse, academic, arid, didactic, doctrinaire, dry, dull, egotistic, erudite, formal, fussy, hairsplitting, learned, ostentatious, particular, pedagogic, priggish, punctilious
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donnish

adjective

Origin of donnish

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Example sentences from the Web for donnish

British Dictionary definitions for donnish

adjective

Derived forms of donnish

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