What does Pedantic mean?
Definitions for Pedantic
pəˈdæn tɪkpedan·tic
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Princeton's WordNet
academic, donnish, pedanticadjective
marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
Wiktionary
pedanticadjective
Like a pedant, overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.
pedanticadjective
Being showy of one's knowledge, often in a boring manner.
pedanticadjective
Being finicky or fastidious, especially with language.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Pedantic, Pedanticaladjective
Awkwardly ostentatious of learning.
Etymology: pedantesque, Fr. from pedant.
Mr. Cheeke had eloquence in the Latin and Greek tongues; but for other sufficiencies pedantick enough. John Hayward.
When we see any thing in an old satyrist, that looks forced and pedantick, we ought to consider how it appeared in the time the poet writ. Addison.
The obscurity is brought over them by ignorance and age, made yet more obscure by their pedantical elucidators. Henry Felton.
A spirit of contradiction is so pedantic and hateful, that a man should watch against every instance of it. Isaac Watts.
We now believe the Copernican system; yet we shall still use the popular terms of sun-rise and sun-set, and not introduce a new pedantick description of them from the motion of the earth. Richard Bentley, Sermons.
Wikipedia
Pedantic
A pedant is a person who is excessively concerned with formalism, accuracy and precision, or one who makes an ostentatious and arrogant show of learning.
ChatGPT
pedantic
Pedantic refers to a person who is excessively concerned with minor details, rules, or with displaying academic learning. This person usually emphasizes their knowledge by correcting small errors others make, often without considering whether these interventions are necessary or even correct. It may also imply someone who is overly scholarly or bookish.
Webster Dictionary
Pedanticadjective
alt. of Pedantical
Anagrams for Pedantic »
pentadic
pentacid
Numerology
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The numerical value of Pedantic in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
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The numerical value of Pedantic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of Pedantic in a Sentence
Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies easily and without blushing; but this is a mistake. Mere bald fabrication is useless; the veriest tyro can manage that. It is in the circumstantial detail, the embellishing touches of probability, the general air of scrupulous -- almost of pedantic -- veracity, that the experienced angler is seen.
Socrates seems to be the philosophical napkin with which the ensuing cultural thinkers of history wipe their mouths of pedantic ooze.
Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman.
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- متحذلقArabic
- pedantCatalan, Valencian
- pedantický, slovíčkářský, pedantskýCzech
- σχολαστικόςGreek
- pedante, pedante; pretenciosoSpanish
- رکاب زدنPersian
- rikkiviisas, pedanttinen, pikkumainen, pikkutarkka, kirjaimellinen, sanatarkkaFinnish
- méticuleux, pédant, pointilleuxFrench
- קַפְּדָנִיHebrew
- 杓子定規, 学者ぶったJapanese
- ಪೆಡಾಂಟಿಕ್Kannada
- pedantDutch
- meticulos, pedantRomanian
- педантичныйRussian
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