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Pedantic
Pedantic Pe*dan"tic, Pedantical Pe*dan"tic*al, a.
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.
Pedantical
Pedantic Pe*dan"tic, Pedantical Pe*dan"tic*al, a.
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.
Pedantically
Pedantically Pe*dan"tic*al*ly, adv.
In a pedantic manner.
Pedanticly
Pedanticly Pe*dan"tic*ly, adv.
Pedantically. [R.]
Pedantism
Pedantism Ped"ant*ism, n.
The office, disposition, or act of a pedant; pedantry. [Obs.]
Pedantocracy
Pedantocracy Ped`an*toc"ra*cy, n. [Pedant + democracy.]
The sway of pedants. [R.] --J. S. Mill.
Pedanty
Pedanty Ped"ant*y, n.
An assembly or clique of pedants. [Obs.] --Milton.
Meaning of Pedant from wikipedia
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English word
pedant,
which meant a male
schoolteacher at the time. The word
pedant originated from the
French word for "schoolmaster,"
pédant, in the 1560s...
- the free dictionary.
Grammar **** (also
known as
Grammar Pedant, or
Spelling ****/
Pedant) is an informal,
pejorative term used to
describe someone who...
- 2020.
Retrieved 24
November 2021. Kamm,
Oliver (12
December 2015). "The
Pedant: The
sheer usefulness of
singular 'they' is obvious". The Times. Archived...
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PlayStation Vita ports, an artbook, and the
prequel game Fault:
Silence the
Pedant. Originally,
Munisix had
planned to
handle the
localization himself, but...
- the
comedy Le
pédant joué
takes place and
whose prin****l, Jean
Grangier would inspire the
character of Granger, the
pedant of Le
pédant joué, but his...
- 'stickler', and it is
claimed that the po****r
meaning of the word as a '
pedant'
originates from this usage.
Cornish wrestling is a
national sport of Cornwall...
- (management)
Micromanagement Nanny state Obsessive–compulsive
personality disorder Pedant "How to Deal with a
Control Freak".
Health Essentials.
Cleveland Clinic...
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third editor, Naber,
found him contemptible.
Historians have seen him as a '
pedant and a bore', his
letters offering neither the
running political analysis...
- Tunzelmann, Alex von (19
April 2025). "Are you AI, or
simply a
grammar pedant?".
Financial Times. "A
glossary of
typographic terms". Adobe.
Archived from...
- "gem." The
Pedant and the Shuffly, his
second book, is a
short illustrated fable featuring the evil
magician Snodrog (the
titular pedant), who ensnares...
