donnish

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donnish

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From don (professor) + -ish.

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UK Characteristic of a university don. The proctor was a gentlemanly, straight-forward looking man of about thirty, not at all donnish, and his address answered to his appearance.
of a person Bookish, theoretical and pedantic, as opposed to practical. The new engineer had a donnish air, and found it difficult to communicate with the workers in the factory.

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@misc{donnish_2026,
  title = {donnish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/donnish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}