pedantic
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pedantic
- /pəˈdæn.tɪk/
Rhymes with -æntɪk
adjective more pedantic · most pedantic · pædantic · pedantick
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Being overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning, like a pedant.
Bad news for a certain kind of pedantic patriot (look away now, Jacob Rees-Mogg). Prince Charles has debased the English language – and in a letter to a foreign potentate, no less.
Similar: anal-retentive, fussy, nit-picky
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Tending to show off one’s knowledge, often in a tiresome manner.
They had heard people call things pedantic, which they did not think were so ; for instance, a boy had once said that Harry himself was a pedant, for talking of the siege of Syracuse, and of the machines used there, because the boy knew nothing about them, and disliked reading. "Then you perceive,"
Similar: nit-picky, ostentatious, pedagogical, pretentious
Similar: pedantical
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adjective
Similar: pedantical
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adj like a pedant
| Español | pedante, pretencioso, pedantesco |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 杓子定規 shakushi jyogi |
| 中文 | 教條 /教条 jiàotiáo, 咬文嚼字的 yǎowénjiáozì de |
| Português | pedante |
| Français | méticuleux, pédant |
| Deutsch | pedantisch |
| Italiano | pedante |
| Ελληνικά | σχολαστικός scholastikós |
| Română | meticulos, pedant |
| Русский | педанти́чный pedantíčnyj |
adj being showy of one's knowledge
| Español | pedante, pedantesco |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 学者ぶった gakusha butta |
| 中文 | 掉書袋 /掉书袋 diàoshūdài, 舞文弄墨 wǔwénnòngmò |
| Português | pedante |
| Français | pédant |
| Italiano | pretenzioso |
| Ελληνικά | δοκησίσοφος dokisísofos |
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