English Dictionary

donnish

adj

Characteristic of a (university) don. / (of a person) Bookish, theoretical and pedantic, as opposed to practical.

He had a donnish air about him, always wearing tweed jackets and speaking in a scholarly manner.

意味（1）

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.

意味（2）

(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.