[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

donnish \donnish\ adj.
   like a university don; marked by a narrow focus on or display
   of learning, especially its trivial aspects.

   syn: academic, pedantic, bookish.
        wordnet 1.5

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

donnish
     adj : marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
           especially its trivial aspects syn: academic, pedantic
see also:
academic pedantic 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

39 moby thesaurus words for "donnish":
   academic, bibliophagic, bluestocking, book-fed, book-learned,
   book-loving, book-minded, book-read, book-wise, bookish, booky,
   devoted to studies, diligent, dryasdust, inkhorn, literary,
   mandarin, owlish, pedagogic, pedantic, preceptorial, professorial,
   professorlike, rabbinic, scholarly, scholastic, schoolmastering,
   schoolmasterish, schoolmasterlike, schoolmasterly, schoolmistressy,
   schoolteacherish, schoolteachery, studious, teacherish,
   teacherlike, teachery, teachy, tutorial

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