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ped·ant
 pedant
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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
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noun |
| definition 1: |
one who makes an excessive or offensive display of learnedness.
Even her family considers her somewhat of a pedant with a need to expound on every subject. |
| definition 2: |
one who insists on an overly formal or detailed approach to scholarship.
Our Latin teacher was a pedant, who exacted perfection from us in the form of flawless translations. |
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| derivations: |
pedantic (adj.), pedantically (adv.) |
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