For philosophy itself, to use the words of a noble philosopher, 'being thus severed from the sprightly arts and sciences, must consequently grow Dronish, insipid, pedantic, useless, and directly opposite to the real knowledge and practice of the world.
"Poetical Works of Akenside"
Mark Akenside
Man preys on man, and you mourn for the idle tapestry that decorated a Gothic pile, and the Dronish bell that summoned the fat priest to prayer.
"Mary Wollstonecraft"
Elizabeth Robins Pennell
The rule for terminations may also interfere with this, called "Lowth's;" as in sizable, rising, Dronish.
"The Grammar of English Grammars"
Goold Brown