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pedantic

adj
/pəˈdæn.tɪk/

Etymology

From pedant + -ic.

  1. derived from pedante — “a teacher, schoolmaster, pedant”
  2. borrowed from pedant
  3. formed as pedantic — “pedant + -ic”

Definitions

  1. Being overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning, like a pedant.

  2. Tending to show off one’s knowledge, often in a tiresome manner.

    • The style is pedantic and reviewish: but I can easily fancy states of mind to which it may be no less salutary on that account.

The neighborhood

Derived

non-pedantic, overpedantic, pedantically, pedanticism, pedanticize, pedanticly, pedanticness, pedantics, unpedantic

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA