Donnish

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, relating to, or held to be characteristic of a university don; bookish or pedantic. See Synonyms at pedantic.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Bookish, theoretical and pedantic, as opposed to practical.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. like a university don; marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning, especially its trivial aspects.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to or characteristic of an English university don.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
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    Words with the same meaning
    academic    pedantic    bookish