| ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷) ̷ ̷|tau̇(ə)rish adjective
: rather unrealistic or impractical : inclined toward aloofness and preoccupation with what is abstract or esoteric
a young man, naïve, scholarly, somewhat ivory-towerish — Clifton Fadiman
fall between the one extreme of being too superficial and the other of becoming esoteric and therefore ivory-towerish — R.J.Leach
• ivory-tower·ish·ness noun -es