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What is the adjective for dons?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb don which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

donnish
  1. Characteristic of a (university) don
  2. (of a person) Bookish, theoretical and pedantic, as opposed to practical.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “In donnish inquisitions, he would challenge every utterance to expose lazy thinking.”
      “If he has forced ministers to mull over some harsh truths, we should forgive him the odd donnish flourish.”
      “Face to face, he seems donnish, gentle, almost languid, but perhaps he is just tired.”
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donning
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