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pedantic


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pedantic  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pedantic 
  adj  :  marked  by  a  narrow  focus  on  or  display  of  learning 
  especially  its  trivial  aspects  [syn:  {academic},  {donnish}] 




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