different between pedant vs literalist

English

Etymology

From Middle French pedant, pedante, from Italian pedante (“a teacher, schoolmaster, pedant”), associated with Italian pedagogo (“teacher, pedagogue”). Compare French pédant.

Pronunciation

• enPR: p?d??nt, IPA^(key): /?p?d?nt/

Noun

pedant (plural pedants)

1. (archaic) A teacher or schoolmaster.
   • , vol. 1 ch. 24:

     I have in my youth oftentimes beene vexed to see a Pedant [tr. pedante] brought in, in most of Italian comedies, for a vice or sport-maker, and the nicke-name of Magister to be of no better signification amongst us.

2. A person who emphasizes their knowledge through strict adherence to rules of vocabulary and grammar.
3. A person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

pedant (not comparable)

1. Pedantic.

See also

• Pedant in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
• stickler

Further reading

• pedant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• pedant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• pedant at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• panted, pentad

Czech

Etymology

From German Pedant, from French pédant, from Italian pedante.

Noun

pedant m

1. pedant (person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

Declension

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

pedant (comparative pedanter, superlative pedantst)

1. pedantic

Latin

Verb

pedant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of ped?

Middle French

Alternative forms

• pedante

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pedante.

Noun

pedant m (plural pedants)

1. teacher; tutor; educator
2. pedant

Polish

Etymology

From French pédant, from Italian pedante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?.dant/

Noun

pedant m pers (feminine pedantka)

1. neat freak, out-and-outer, pedant, prig, stickler

   Synonyms: porz?dni?, skrupulant, skrupulat

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) pedantyczny

Related terms

• (nouns) pedanteria, pedantyzm, pedantyczno??
• (adjective) pedanteryjny
• (adverb) pedantycznie

Further reading

• pedant in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• pedant in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French Pedant.

Adjective

pedant m or n (feminine singular pedant?, masculine plural pedan?i, feminine and neuter plural pedante)

1. pedantic

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Pedant, from French pédant, from Italian pedante, from Ancient Greek ??????? (paideía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?dant/; /pedânt/
• Hyphenation: pe?dant

Noun

pèdant, ped?nt m (Cyrillic spelling ??????, ???????)

1. pedant (person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

Declension

References

• “pedant” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

English

Etymology

literal +? -ist

Noun

literalist (plural literalists)

1. A person who adheres to the literal representation of a statement or law.
2. A person who translates text literally.
3. (art) One who works in the style of literalism.

See also

• legalistic
• letter of the law