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Webster 1913 Edition
Pedantry
Ped′ant-ry
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
pédanterie
.] The act, character, or manners of a pedant; vain ostentation of learning.
“This pedantry of quotation.” Cowley.
’T is a practice that savors much of
pedantry
. Sir T. Browne.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pedantry
PED'ANTRY
,Noun.
Horace has enticed me into this pedantry of quotation.
Pedantry is the unseasonable ostentation of learning.
Definition 2024
pedantry
pedantry
English
Noun
pedantry (plural pedantries)
- An excessive attention to detail or rules.
- An instance of such behaviour.
- I don't want to listen to your pedantries anymore.
- An overly ambitious display of learning.
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Translations
excessive attention to detail or rules
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instance of being pedantic
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overly ambitious display of learning
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