pedante

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pedante

/peˈdante/

Where it comes from

dal latino pes genitivo pedis, cioè colui che accompagnava a piedi gli scolari

adjective pedanti

eccessivamente preciso
tipico del pedante, pedantesco
figuratively insistente

noun pedanti

chi si preoccupa in maniera eccessiva di rispettare le regole
obsolete maestro
chi è eccessivamente pignolo

Thesaurus

adjective

noun

In English

pedantic like a pedant
pedant person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning
bore one who inspires boredom
split hairs tedious details
inkhorn as adjective, of vocabulary: pedantic

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"pedante." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/it/pedante. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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pedante. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/it/pedante

Chicago

"pedante." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/it/pedante.

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@misc{pedante_2026,
  title = {pedante},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/it/pedante},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}