donnish

adj.
Of, relating to, or held to be characteristic of a university don; bookish or pedantic. See synonyms at pedantic.

adjective

Characterized by a narrow concern for book learning and formal rules, without knowledge or experience of practical matters: academic, bookish, formalistic, inkhorn, literary, pedantic, pedantical, scholastic. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, flexible/rigid, teach/learn.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
  Synonyms: academic, pedantic

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - pedantisk, akademisk, professoragtig

Nederlands (Dutch)
intellectueel, pedant, als een universitair docent (Oxford/Cambridge)

Français (French)
adj. - d'érudit, de savant, érudit (personne), pédant (péj)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - professoral, pedantisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - δασκαλίστικος, σχολαστικός

Italiano (Italian)
accademico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - solene

Русский (Russian)
академичный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - pedante, profesoral

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - akademisk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
像学监一样的, 卖弄学问的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 像學監一樣的, 賣弄學問的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 너무 위엄 있는, 학생감다운

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 堅苦しい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) وقور, على نمط الأساتذة الجامعيين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של מרצה, למדני‬

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