PEDANTIC

academic, donnish, pedantic

(adjective) marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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

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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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