pedant
English
/ˈpɛdənt/
noun
Definitions
- (archaic) A teacher or schoolmaster.
- A person who emphasizes their knowledge through strict adherence to rules of vocabulary and grammar.
- A person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French pedant derived from Italian pedante (pedant, a teacher, schoolmaster).
Origin
Italian (Fiorentino)
pedante
Gloss
pedant, a teacher, schoolmaster
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- outpedant English
- overpedantic English
- pedancy English
- pedantic English
- pedantical English
- pedantically English
- pedanticism English
- pedanticize English
- pedanticly English
- pedanticness English
- pedantise English
- pedantism English
- pedantize English
- pedantly English
- pedantocracy English
- pedantocrat English
- unpedantic English
- paedagōgus Latin
- pedis Latin
- pedagogo Italian
- pedantaggine Italian
- pedante Italian
- pedanteggiare Italian
- pedantemente Italian
- pedanteria Italian
- pedantesco Italian
- pedantessa Italian
- pédant French
- pédanterie French
- pédantisme French
- pedant Middle French