About The Word Pedant
Learn about the word Pedant to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Pedant definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Pedant
| Pedant Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Pedant?
[n] a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
Synonyms | Synonyms for Pedant: bookworm | scholastic Related Terms | Find terms related to Pedant: anal character | Babbitt | bluestocking | bourgeois | burgher | compulsive character | conformer | conformist | conventionalist | euphuist | fine writer | formalist | Gongorist | Marinist | methodologist | Middle American | middle-class type | model child | organization man | parrot | perfectionist | Philistine | phrasemaker | phraseman | phrasemonger | plastic person | precieuse | precieux | precisian | precisianist | precisionist | purist | rhetorician | sheep | square | teenybopper | trimmer | wordspinner | yes-man See Also | intellect | intellectual | purist Pedant In Webster's Dictionary \Ped"ant\, n. [F. p['e]dant, It. pedante, fr. Gr. ? to
instruct, from pai^s boy. See {Pedagogue}.]
1. A schoolmaster; a pedagogue. [Obs.] --Dryden.
A pedant that keeps a school i'th' church. --Shak.
2. One who puts on an air of learning; one who makes a vain
display of learning; a pretender to superior knowledge.
--Addison.
A scholar, yet surely no pedant, was he.
--Goldsmith.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Meniere's disease ‐ a disease of the inner ear characterized by episodes of dizziness…
- Cone-bearing ‐ of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and…
- Button quail ‐ small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and North…
- For the first time ‐ the initial time; "when Felix first saw a…
- Slide valve ‐ valve that opens and closes a passageway by sliding…
- Ariadne ‐ beautiful daughter of Minos and Pasiphae; she fell in love with…
- Schopenhauer ‐ German pessimist philosopher…
- Packed cells ‐ a preparation of blood cells separated from the liquid plasma;…
- Measuring device ‐ device used for…
- Leatherjacket ‐ tough-skinned larva of certain crane flies [n] any of several…