PEDANT

pedant, bookworm, scholastic

(noun) a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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

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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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