[puh-dan-tik] 
| 1. | ostentatious in one's learning. |
| 2. | overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, esp. in teaching. |
| pe·dan·tic (pə-dān'tĭk) adj. Characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules: a pedantic attention to details. pe·dan'ti·cal·ly adv. Synonyms: These adjectives mean marked by a narrow, often tiresome focus on or display of learning and especially its trivial aspects: a pedantic writing style; an academic insistence on precision; a bookish vocabulary; donnish refinement of speech; scholastic and excessively subtle reasoning. |
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