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donnish

/ˈdɒn.ɪʃ/

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adjective

/ˈdɒn.ɪʃ/C2formalbritish
  • ruОписывает человека, обычно учёного или преподавателя, который ведёт себя академично, книжно или педантично.

Describes a person, typically a scholar or teacher, who is academic, bookish, or pedantic in manner.

  1. Scholarly or academic in a pedantic wayC2formalbritish

    Characterized by an excessive or narrow focus on academic details, often in a manner that seems overly intellectual or detached from practical concerns.

    ruПедантично-учёный

    • His donnish manner made the lecture feel more like a seminar for experts.
    • She had a donnish obsession with obscure historical facts.
    • The professor's donnish approach to the topic alienated the general audience.

    Synonymsacademicbookishdryeruditeintellectualivory towerpedanticprofessorialscholarlystudiousstuffy

    Antonymspracticalunscholarly

Forms
  • more donnish comparative form
  • most donnish superlative form