PEDANTRIES

Noun

pedantries

plural of pedantry

Anagrams

• depainters, pedestrian, prestained, præsident

Source: Wiktionary


PEDANTRY

Ped"ant*ry, n. Etym: [Cf. F. pédanterie.]

Definition: The act, character, or manners of a pedant; vain ostentation of learning. "This pedantry of quotation." Cowley. 'T is a practice that savors much of pedantry. Sir T. Browne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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