'donnish' definitions:
Definition of 'donnish'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'donnish'
From: GCIDE
- donnish \donnish\ adj. like a university don; marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning, especially its trivial aspects.
- Syn: academic, pedantic, bookish. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'donnish'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- academic,
- bibliophagic,
- bluestocking,
- book-fed,
- book-learned,
- book-loving,
- book-minded,
- book-read,
- book-wise,
- bookish,
- booky,
- devoted to studies,
- diligent,
- dryasdust,
- inkhorn,
- literary,
- mandarin,
- owlish,
- pedagogic,
- pedantic,
- preceptorial,
- professorial,
- professorlike,
- rabbinic,
- scholarly,
- scholastic,
- schoolmastering,
- schoolmasterish,
- schoolmasterlike,
- schoolmasterly,
- schoolmistressy,
- schoolteacherish,
- schoolteachery,
- studious,
- teacherish,
- teacherlike,
- teachery,
- teachy,
- tutorial