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Pedantic

Pedantic Meaning & Definition
Pedantic Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pedantic?

[adj] marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pedantic: academic | donnish | scholarly

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Pedantic In Webster's Dictionary

\Pe*dan"tic\, Pedantical \Pe*dan"tic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to a pedant; characteristic of, or resembling, a pedant; ostentatious of learning; as, a pedantic writer; a pedantic description; a pedantical affectation. ``Figures pedantical.'' --Shak.

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