donnish
Use Donnish in a sentence
ɪʃ adjective
resembling or characteristic of a university don; bookish; pedantic.
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| —adj | |
| of or resembling a university don | |
| 'donnishly | |
| —adv | |
| 'donnishness | |
| —n | |
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Donnish
is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
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| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Example sentences
Not to put too fine a point on it, they contained some good examples of donnish wit.
The donnish barb was understandable, but quite wrong.
His is the voice of authority, of donnish pronouncement.
And such is his air of donnish authority that not even baldness has dared to challenge him publicly.
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