pedantic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Being overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning, like a pedant.
Tending to show off one’s knowledge, often in a tiresome manner.

pə-dăn'tĭk /pəˈdæn.tɪk/ en-us-pedantic.ogg en-au-pedantic.ogg

pedantic more pedantic most pedantic pædantic pedantick

From pedant + -ic.

pedantical anal-retentive fussy nit-picky ostentatious pedagogical pretentious

pedant pedantical pedantry inkhorn

non-pedantic overpedantic pedantically pedanticism pedanticize pedanticly pedanticness pedantics unpedantic

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