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Webster 1828 Edition
Pedantic
PEDANT'IC
Definition 2024
pedantic
pedantic
English
Alternative forms
- pedantick (obsolete)
Adjective
pedantic (comparative more pedantic, superlative most pedantic)
- 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 terms
Synonyms
- (like a pedant): (informal, derogatory) anal-retentive, fussy, nit-picky
- (knowledge-peacock): (sometimes applicable) nit-picky, ostentatious, pedagogical, pretentious
- (linguistically affected): fussy, nit-picky
- See also Wikisaurus:fastidious
Translations
like a pedant
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being showy of one's knowledge
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being finicky with language
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