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pedantry
English
Etymology
pedant + -ry. From Middle French pedant, pedante, from Italian pedante (“a teacher, schoolmaster, pedant”), of uncertain origin, traced by some sources to Latin paedagogans, present participle of paedagogare ( = to teach, from Greek "paedagogein" = to instruct children ). Confer French pédanterie.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?p?d.?n.t?i/
Noun
pedantry (countable and uncountable, plural pedantries)
- An excessive attention to detail or rules.
- An instance of such behaviour.
- I don't want to listen to your pedantries anymore.
- 1855, Charles Kingsley, Westward Ho! Chapter 7
- […] the southern court of the ballium had become a flower-garden, with quaint terraces, statues, knots of flowers, clipped yews and hollies, and all the pedantries of the topiarian art.
- An instance of such behaviour.
- An overly ambitious display of learning.
Related terms
- pedant
- pedantic
- pedantocracy
Translations
Further reading
- pedantry in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- pedantry in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- pedantry at OneLook Dictionary Search
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pedantic
English
Alternative forms
- pedantick (obsolete)
Etymology
From pedant +? -ic.
Pronunciation
- enPR: pa-d?n't?k, IPA(key): /p??dæn.t?k/
- Rhymes: -ænt?k
Adjective
pedantic (comparative more pedantic, superlative most pedantic)
- 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.
Synonyms
- (like a pedant): (informal, derogatory) anal-retentive, fussy, nit-picky
- (showy of one's knowledge): (sometimes applicable) nit-picky, ostentatious, pedagogical, pretentious
- (finicky with language): fussy, nit-picky, inkhorn
- See also Thesaurus:fastidious
Related terms
- pedant
- pedantry
Translations
Further reading
- pedantic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- pedantic at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- depactin, pentacid, pentadic
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