Definitions for pedant
ˈpɛd ntpedant

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pedant, bookworm, scholasticnoun

   a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pedantnoun

   A teacher or schoolmaster.

2. pedantnoun

   A person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.

3. pedantnoun

   A person who emphasizes his/her knowledge through the use of vocabulary.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PEDANTnoun

   Etymology: pedant, French.

   1. A schoolmaster.

   A pedant that keeps a school i’ th’ church. William Shakespeare.

   The boy who scarce has paid his entrance down
   To his proud pedant, or declin’d a noun. Dryden.

   2. A man vain of low knowledge; a man awkwardly ostentatious of his literature.

   The pedant can hear nothing but in favour of the conceits he is amorous of. Joseph Glanvill.

   The preface has so much of the pedant, and so little of the conversation of men in it, that I shall pass it over. Addison.

   In learning let a nymph delight,
   The pedant gets a mistress by’t. Jonathan Swift.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pedant

   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.

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1. pedant

   A pedant is a person who is excessively concerned with minor details or rules, or with displaying academic learning. They often emphasize their knowledge by correcting small errors, and are generally seen as arrogant and fussy.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pedantnoun

   a schoolmaster; a pedagogue

2. Pedantnoun

   one who puts on an air of learning; one who makes a vain display of learning; a pretender to superior knowledge

3. Etymology: [F. pdant, It. pedante, fr. Gr. paidey`ein to instruct, from pai^s boy. See Pedagogue.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pedant

   A pedant is a person who is excessively concerned with formalism and precision, or who makes an ostentatious and arrogant show of learning.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pedant

   ped′ant, n. one who makes a vain display of learning: a pretender to knowledge which he does not possess: (Shak.) a pedagogue.—adjs. Pedant′ic, -al, displaying knowledge for the sake of showing.—adv. Pedant′ically, in a pedantic manner.—ns. Pedant′icism, Ped′antism.—v.i. Ped′antise, to play the pedant.—ns. Pedantoc′racy, government by pedants; Ped′antry, acts, manners, or character of a pedant: vain display of learning: (Swift) the overrating of any kind of knowledge we pretend to. [Fr.,—It. pedante—L. pædagogans, -antis, teaching—pædagogus, a pedagogue.]

The Roycroft DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. pedant

   A person with more education than he can use.

Anagrams for pedant »

1. panted

2. pentad

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pedant in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pedant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of pedant in a Sentence

1. Johann Kaspar Lavater:

   Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart?

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=pedant
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pedant
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=pedant
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedant
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pedant
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=pedant
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=pedant
9. ^ The Roycroft Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36566/36566-h/36566-h.htm#:~:text=pedant