Word: donnish
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...simple don. This was said with great sincerity and a straight face. Which-since the lady was at the time wearing a stupefying wig made from the scalps of at least nine healthy Italians and a frock costing upwards of $5,000-gave me a poignant vision of donnish simplicity...
...hours. He is a sadistic punk, only a little better than the authority figures he confronts, and no better than the elders he kills and rapes. If his NADSAT slang, composed of Russian, rock and road talk, is an attractive reaction against official jargon, the scientific tomes of a donnish type and the antique knick-knacks collected by a starry old lady are more touching attempts to preserve personal cultural interests. Aside from the attractions of the language, Burgess uses Alex's tunnel vision in order to balance his own hard knocks at government regimentation. After much discussion...
...crotchety and donnish tone of Harvard professors in English and American History's is evident in the type of graduate student they process. What passes for brilliance is often a perverse and adolescent nostalgia...
...crotchety and donnish tone of Harvard professors in English and American History is evident in the type of graduate student they process. What passes for brilliance is often a perverse and adolescent nostalgia...
...crotchety and donnish tone of Harvard professors in English and American History is evident in the type of graduate student they process. What passes for brilliance is often a perverse and adolescent nostalgia...