DONNISH

academic, donnish, pedantic

(adjective) marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

donnish (comparative more donnish, superlative most donnish)

Characteristic of a (university) don

(of a person) Bookish, theoretical and pedantic, as opposed to practical.

Source: Wiktionary



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18 January 2025

SHTIK

(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”


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