donnish
adjective
[ ˈdɒnɪʃ ]
• resembling a college don, particularly because of having a pedantic, scholarly manner.
Similar:
scholarly,
studious,
academic,
scholastic,
bookish,
book-loving,
intellectual,
erudite,
educated,
learned,
serious,
earnest,
thoughtful,
cerebral,
highbrow,
pedantic,
impractical,
ivory-towerish,
brainy,
egghead,
swotty,
lettered,
clerkly,