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PEDANT
pedant, bookworm, scholastic
(noun) a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
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.
Adjective
pedant (not comparable)
Pedantic.
Anagrams
• 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
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