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View synonyms for donnish
donnish
/ ˈdɒnɪʃ /
adjective
- of or resembling a university don
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Derived Forms
- ˈdonnishness, noun
- ˈdonnishly, adverb
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Other Words From
- donnish·ly adverb
- donnish·ness noun
- donnism noun
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Example Sentences
Vartan, who died last week at 87, was a learned man to be sure, but never a donnish one.
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He had known dons at Oxford, and placed Lady Latimer in the donnish caste: that was all.
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Never were dons of the donnish sort more brilliantly twitted than by young Belloc.
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Some of Southeys donnish ways to the irrepressible lad were superlatively exasperating.
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"Really, Miss Allison——" he began in his most dignified Oxford donnish manner.
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I do not know whether I am donnish with him, or if I bullied him too much when he was little; but he is always counter to me.
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