Jonathan Oldbuck
Miniver Cheevy
Pre-Raphaelite
academic
antiquarian
antiquary
antique collector
antique dealer
antique-car collector
archaeologist
archaist
arid
barren
blah
blank
bloodless
bookish
bore
broken-record
bromidic
buttonholer
characterless
classicist
cold
colorless
crashing bore
dead
devoted to studies
diligent
dismal
donnish
drag
draggy
drearisome
dreary
drip
dry
dull
dusty
effete
elephantine
empty
etiolated
everlasting
fade
flat
flat tire
frightful bore
harping
headache