pedant, bookworm, scholastic
(noun) a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pedant (plural pedants)
(archaic) A teacher or schoolmaster.
A person who emphasizes their knowledge through strict adherence to rules of vocabulary and grammar.
A person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.
pedant (not comparable)
Pedantic.
• panted, pentad
Source: Wiktionary
Ped"ant, n. Etym: [F. pédant, It. pedante, fr. Gr. pai^s boy. See Pedagogue.]
1. A schoolmaster; a pedagogue. [Obs.] Dryden. A pedant that keeps a school i'th' church. Shak.
2. One who puts on an air of learning; one who makes a vain display of learning; a pretender to superior knowledge. Addison. A scholar, yet surely no pedant, was he. Goldsmith.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
