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PEDANTIC
academic, donnish, pedantic
(adjective) marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
pedantic (comparative more pedantic, superlative most pedantic)
Like a pedant, overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.
Being showy of one’s knowledge, often in a boring manner.
Being finicky or fastidious, especially with language.
Synonyms
• (like a pedant): (informal, derogatory) anal-retentive, fussy, nit-picky
• (showy of one's knowledge): (sometimes applicable) nit-picky, ostentatious, pedagogical, pretentious
• (finicky with language): fussy, nit-picky, inkhorn
• See also fastidious
Anagrams
• depactin, pentacid, pentadic
Source: Wiktionary
Pe*dan"tic, Pe*dan"tic*al, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to a pedant; characteristic of, or resembling, a pedant; ostentatious of learning; as, a pedantic writer; a pedantic description; a pedantical affectation. "Figures pedantical." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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