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pedant
/ˈpɛdənt/
noun 3adj 1verb 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
bigger
VERB + PEDANT
called, see
PEDANT + NOUN
pedante, tr
PREP.
than
Definitions
noun
1
A person who makes an excessive or tedious show of their knowledge, especially regarding rules of vocabulary and grammar.
2
A person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.
3
A teacher or schoolmaster.
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.
adj
1
Pedantic.
verb
1
To be or act as a pedant.
[…] as any occasion of going behond^([sic – meaning beyond]) the sea with sombody, or pedanting in some Gentlemans house, &c., for clergy-employment I will accept of none.
Tediously he pedanted, hedging around concerning the Perfect State, eventually coming out into the open with his own private Perfect State plan.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book le
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
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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 significat
Wiktionary02
[…] as any occasion of going behond^([sic – meaning beyond]) the sea with sombody, or pedanting in some Gentlemans house, &c., for clergy-employment I will accept of none.
Wiktionary03
Tediously he pedanted, hedging around concerning the Perfect State, eventually coming out into the open with his own private Perfect State plan.
Wiktionary04
‘Most people in this country aren’t Christian, the standard package should not be Christian,’ Gerrard pedanted.
Wiktionary05
He is what is called a pedant.
Tatoeba · #28929406
The geometry teacher was a pedant.
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