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Definition of Pedantic
1. Adjective. Marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects.
Definition of Pedantic
1. 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.
Definition of Pedantic
1. Adjective. Like a pedant, overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning. ¹
2. Adjective. Being showy of one’s knowledge, often in a boring manner. ¹
3. Adjective. Being finicky or fastidious, especially with language. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pedantic
1. pedant [adj] - See also: pedant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pedantic
Literary usage of Pedantic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1892)
"... (1699-1775) [qv], a Dublin publisher, noted for his pompous and pedantic
verbosity. A permanent pension of 300/. per annum on the Irish establishment ..."
2. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"He may have applauded the frugality of Vespasian and the leniency of Titus, and
silently deplored the pedantic reforms of their successor. ..."
3. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1823)
"This, though extravagant without fancy, is not the worst part of the absurd humour
which runs through this pedantic comedy. The classical reader may perhaps ..."
4. Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1907)
"The language of the market would be in the schools as pedantic, though it might
not be reprobated by 20 that name, as the language of the schools in the ..."
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