pedantic
English
/pəˈdæn.tɪk/
adj
Definitions
- 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.
Etymology
Suffix from English pedant.
Origin
English
pedant
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- outpedant English
- overpedantic English
- pedancy English
- pedant 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
- pedant Middle French