Pedantic
21pedantic — adj 1.(all in reference to one s learning) pretentious, show offish, ostentatious, pompous, haughty, vain, conceited; pedagoguish, scholastic, pe dantical; professorial, didactic, preachy; dogmatic, pragmatic, opinionated, bigoted. 2. punctilious …
22pedantic — pe·dan·tic …
23pedantic — adjective Syn: finicky, fussy, fastidious, dogmatic, purist, hair splitting, quibbling; informal nit picking, pernickety …
24pedantic — UK [pɪˈdæntɪk] / US [pəˈdæntɪk] adjective showing disapproval giving too much importance to details and formal rules, especially of grammar Derived word: pedantically UK [pɪˈdæntɪklɪ] / US [pəˈdæntɪklɪ] adverb …
25pedantic — [pɪˈdæntɪk] adj showing disapproval giving too much importance to details and formal rules, especially of grammar pedantically [pɪˈdæntɪkli] adv …
26pedantic — pe•dan•tic [[t]pəˈdæn tɪk[/t]] orpe•dan′ti•cal adj. 1) cvb ostentatious in one s learning 2) cvb overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, esp. in teaching • Etymology: 1590–1600; pedant+ ic pe•dan′ti•cal•ly, adv …
27pedantic — adjective marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑academic, ↑donnish • Similar to: ↑scholarly • Derivationally related forms: ↑pedantry, ↑ …
28Pedantical — 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.… …
29Pedant — A pedant, or pædant, is a person who is overly concerned with formalism and precision, or who makes a show of learning . The corresponding (obsolete) female noun is pedantess. EtymologyThe English language word pedant comes from the French pédant …
30education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …
