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pedant
What does pedant mean?
pedant (noun): a person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use pedant in a sentence?
- The geometry teacher was a pedant. (Tatoeba sentence #10636426 by AlanF_US, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce pedant?
/ˈpɛdənt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does pedant come from?
From Middle French pedant, pedante, from Italian pedante (“a teacher, schoolmaster, pedant”), associated with unrelated Italian pedagogo (“teacher, pedagogue”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to pedant
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “pedant” mean?
a person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning
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the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations
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a condition of favoring or liking; a tendency towards; proclivity; predisposition
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a split or separation within a group or organization, typically caused by discord
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