pedantic

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/pəˈdæn.tɪk/ English

Definitions

adjective

Like a pedant, overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.
Being showy of one’s knowledge, often in a boring manner.
Being finicky or fastidious, especially with language.

Related words

Synonyms

fussy inkhorn nit-picky anal-retentive ostentatious pedagogical pretentious scholarly donnish academic pedantick pedant pedantical precisianistic pedantocratic prætentious paedagogical paedagogic

Associated

humour speech manner criticism sense nor somewhat scholars approach dry inspired idea

Rhymes

frantic antic sycophantic mantic semantic gigantic transatlantic middle atlantic atlantic bankatlantic

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