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pedantic

[ puh-dan-tik ]

adjective

  1. ostentatious in one's learning.
  2. overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching.

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pedantic

/ ɪˈæԳɪ /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characterized by pedantry
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ岹Գپ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·岹t·· adverb
  • ·岹t··Ա noun
  • i··岹t adjective
  • i··岹t· adjective
  • semi··岹t·· adverb
  • ܲp·岹t adjective
  • ܲp·岹t· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pedantic1

First recorded in 1590–1600; pedant + -ic
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Nelis renders the professor a pompous and pedantic twit but not a heartless one.

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Environmental films that are pedantic, prescriptive, or hold audiences by the collar to make them feel bad do more disservice than good, he says.

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It's told in a joke, so it makes the point without being pedantic about it or anything like that.

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But as the motley group of Colorado voters who brought the case against Trump put it, you have to engage in “pedantic wordplay” to not apply Section 3 to Trump.

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After a slightly pedantic exchange about wording, she conceded this meant she had deleted them.

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