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1. (n.) pedant
a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning.
2. pedant
a person who overemphasizes rules or details, esp. in teaching.
3. pedant
a person who adheres rigidly to book knowledge without regard to common sense.
4. pedant
Obs. a schoolmaster.
Etymology: (1580–90; < It pedante teacher, pedant; appar. akin to pedagogue)
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| Definition of 'Pedant' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) pedant, bookworm, scholastic
a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
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| Definition of 'Pedant' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Pedant
a schoolmaster; a pedagogue
2. (noun) Pedant
one who puts on an air of learning; one who makes a vain display of learning; a pretender to superior knowledge
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| Definitions of 'Pedant' |
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Pedant
A person with more education than he can use.
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Sense: a person who makes a great show of his knowledge.
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 Afrikaans: beterweter |
 Arabic: مُدَّعي العِلْم، مُتباهي |
 Bulgarian: педант |
 Brazilian: pedante |
 Czech: školomet |
 German: der/die Pedant(in) |
 Danish: pedant |
 Greek: επιδεικτικός |
 Spanish: pedante |
 Estonian: pedant |
 Farsi: آدم فضل فروش |
 Finnish: tärkeilijä |
 French: pédant/-ante |
 Hebrew: פֶּדַנט |
 Hindi: पांडित्य दिखाना |
 Croatian: pedant |
 Hungarian: tudálékos ember |
 Indonesian: orang yang suka memamerka |
 Icelandic: maður uppfullur af lærdóm |
 Italian: pedante |
 Japanese: 学者ぶる人 |
 Korean: 아는 체 하는 사람 |
 Lithuanian: didžiuoklis |
 Latvian: lielībnieks |
 Malay: orang yg menunjuk-nunjuk |
 Dutch: betweter |
 Norwegian: pedant, paragrafrytter |
 Polish: mądrala |
 Persian: آدم فضل فروش |
 Pashto: فضل فروش، ځان عالم ښوونكى |
 Portuguese: pedante |
 Romanian: pedant |
 Russian: тот, кто кичится своими з |
 Slovak: pedant |
 Slovenian: pedant |
 Serbian: cepidlaka |
 Swedish: formalist |
 Thai: คนชอบอวดรู้ |
 Turkish: bilgiç, ukalâ |
 Taiwanese: 賣弄學問的人 |
 Ukrainian: буквоїд |
 Urdu: علامہ بننے والا |
 Vietnamese: nhà thông thái rởm |
 Chinese: 卖弄学问的人 |
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