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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Word of the Day

10 June 2025

COMMUNICATIONS

(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”


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