donnish

don nish |ˈdäniSH ˈdɑnɪʃ | ▶adjective thought to resemble or suit a college don, particularly because of a pedantic, scholarly manner. DERIVATIVES don nish ly adverb, don nish ness noun

donnish

don |nish |ˈdɒnɪʃ | ▶adjective Brit. resembling a college don, particularly because of having a pedantic, scholarly manner. DERIVATIVES donnishly adverb, donnishness noun

donnish

donnish adjective the quiet, donnish types: scholarly, studious, academic, bookish, intellectual, learned, highbrow; informal egghead; dated lettered.

donnish

donnish adjective you can never tell with these quiet, donnish types: scholarly, studious, academic, scholastic, bookish, book-loving, intellectual, erudite, educated, learned, serious, earnest, thoughtful, cerebral, highbrow; pedantic; impractical, ivory-towerish; informal brainy, egghead; Brit. informal swotty; dated lettered; archaic clerkly.

donnish

don nish /dɑ́nɪʃ |dɔ́n -/形容詞 ｟主に英 ｠大学教師 (don )のように学者ぶった ; 世事に疎い .～ly 副詞