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Pedantic

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 Related Terms \| Find terms related to Pedantic: academic \| accordant \| affected \| anal \| arid \| bedizened \| bibliophagic \| big-sounding \| bluestocking \| book-fed \| bookish \| book-learned \| book-loving \| book-minded \| book-read \| book-wise \| booky \| bourgeois \| compulsive \| concordant \| conformist \| conventional \| conventionalized \| convoluted \| corresponding \| declamatory \| devoted to studies \| didactic \| diligent \| doctrinaire \| donnish \| dry \| dryasdust \| dull \| elegant \| elevated \| erudite \| euphemistic \| euphuistic \| exact \| exquisite \| extrinsic \| fastidious \| finical \| finicky \| flamboyant \| flaming \| flashy \| flaunting \| formal \| formalist \| formalistic \| formulary \| fulsome \| fussy \| garish \| gaudy \| Gongoresque \| goody good-good \| goody-goody \| grandiloquent \| grandiose \| grandisonant \| hair-splitting \| harmonious \| highfalutin \| high-flowing \| high-flown \| high-flying \| high-sounding \| impersonal \| in accord \| in keeping \| in line \| in step \| inkhorn \| Johnsonian \| kosher \| labyrinthine \| learned \| legalistic \| lexiphanic \| literary \| lofty \| lurid \| magniloquent \| mandarin \| meretricious \| meticulous \| mincing \| namby-pamby \| nit-picking \| nominal \| orotund \| orthodox \| ostentatious \| outward \| overdone \| overelaborate \| overinvolved \| overnice \| overprecise \| overrefined \| overscrupulous \| overwrought \| owlish \| pedagogic \| pedantical \| perfectionist \| plastic \| pompous \| preachy \| preceptorial \| precieuse \| precious \| precisian \| precisianistic \| precisionistic \| pretentious \| professorial \| professorlike \| punctilious \| puristic \| quibbling \| rabbinic \| rhetorical \| scholarly \| scholastic \| schoolish \| schoolmastering \| schoolmasterish \| schoolmasterlike \| schoolmasterly \| schoolmistressy \| schoolteacherish \| schoolteachery \| scrupulous \| sensational \| sensationalistic \| sententious \| showy \| simpering \| sonorous \| square \| stiff \| stilted \| straight \| studious \| stuffy \| stylized \| superficial \| surface \| tall \| teacherish \| teacherlike \| teachery \| teachy \| tortuous \| traditionalist \| tutorial \| uptight \| vain See Also \| Pedantic In Webster's Dictionary \Pedan"tic\, Pedantical \Pedan"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.

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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