pedantry

noun
/ˈpɛd.ən.tɹi/UK

Etymology

From Italian pedanteria, equivalent to pedant + -ry. Compare also French pédanterie.

  1. borrowed from pedanteria

Definitions

  1. An excessive attention to detail or rules.

  2. An overly ambitious display of learning.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pedantry. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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