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 Definitions of pedantic  [əˈdæn tɪk]  

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Definition of 'pedantic' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) pedantic
ostentatious in one's learning.

2.  pedantic
overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, esp. in teaching.

Etymology:  (1590–1600; pedant+ -ic)

Definition of 'pedantic' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) academic, donnish, pedantic
marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects


Definition of 'pedantic' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) pedantic
alt. of Pedantical


Translation of 'pedantic' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a person who attaches too much importance to minor details.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: pedanties Arabic flag Arabic: شَديد التَّحَذْلُق Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: педантичен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: pedante Czech flag Czech: pedantický German flag German: pedantisch
Danish flag Danish: pedantisk Greek flag Greek: σχολαστικός Spanish flag Spanish: pedante
Estonian flag Estonian: pedantne Farsi flag Farsi: ملا نقطی وار؛ کوته نظرانه Finnish flag Finnish: pedanttinen
French flag French: pédant Hebrew flag Hebrew: קַפּדָן Hindi flag Hindi: पंडिताऊ
Croatian flag Croatian: pedantan, cjepidlačarski Hungarian flag Hungarian: tudálékos Indonesian flag Indonesian: suka pamer keilmuannya
Icelandic flag Icelandic: smámunasamur Italian flag Italian: pedante Japanese flag Japanese: 学者ぶった
Korean flag Korean: 아는 체 하는 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pedantiškas Latvian flag Latvian: pedantisks
Malay flag Malay: menunjuk-nunjuk pandai Dutch flag Dutch: pedant, vitterig Norwegian flag Norwegian: pedantisk, pirket
Polish flag Polish: pedantyczny Persian flag Persian: ملا نقطی وار؛ کوته نظرانه Pashto flag Pashto: كتابي ملا، يادكتاب ملاص
Portuguese flag Portuguese: pedante Romanian flag Romanian: pedant Russian flag Russian: педантичный
Slovak flag Slovak: pedantský Slovenian flag Slovenian: pedanten Serbian flag Serbian: sitničav
Swedish flag Swedish: pedantisk, formalistisk Thai flag Thai: อวดรู้ Turkish flag Turkish: mızmız, kuralcı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 學究式的,迂腐的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: педантичний Urdu flag Urdu: اپنے علم کو فخريہ طور پر
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: làm ra vẻ mô phạm Chinese flag Chinese: 学究式的,迂腐的

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