pedantic
Use Pedantic in a sentence
tɪk adjective
1.
ostentatious in one's learning.
2.
overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching.
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| —adj | |
| of, relating to, or characterized by pedantry | |
| pe'dantically | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
pedantic
formed in English c.1600, from pedant (q.v.) + -ic. The Fr. equivalent is pédantesque. Perhaps first attested in John Donne's "Sunne Rising," where he bids the morning sun let his love and him linger in bed, telling it, "Sawcy pedantique wretch, goe chide Late schooleboyes."
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Example sentences
Even seemingly pedantic botanical details bear out the theme of empire.
Well, let's try to be as pedantic as possible while still demolishing their points.
Not to be pedantic, but there appears to be a unit conversion error here.
Its narrative juxtaposes quasi-hallucinatory dreams and visions with pedantic commentary on the poems they generated.
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