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
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
