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pedant |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pedant \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pedant n : a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit [syn: {bookworm}, {scholastic}]
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