pedant

ped·ant  (pdnt)

n.

1. One who pays undue attention to book learning and formal rules.

2. One who exhibits one's learning or scholarship ostentatiously.

3. Obsolete A schoolmaster.

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[French pédant or Italian pedante (French, from Italian), possibly from Vulgar Latin *paedns, *paedent-, present participle of *paedere, to instruct, probably from Greek paideuein, from pais, paid-, child; see pedo-².]

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pedant [ˈpɛd^ənt]

n

1. a person who relies too much on academic learning or who is concerned chiefly with insignificant detail

2. (Social Science / Education) Archaic a schoolmaster or teacher

[via Old French from Italian pedante teacher; perhaps related to Latin paedagōgus pedagogue]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

pedant - a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit bookworm, scholastic purist - someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words) bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

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pedant

noun

1. hairsplitter, quibbler, doctrinaire, literalist, sophist, nit-picker (informal), dogmatist, casuist, pettifogger We thought him a pedant and a bore.

2. scholar, academic, intellectual, scholastic, bookworm, egghead (informal), pedagogue a cloistered pedant deeply immersed in the past

Translations

pedant [ˈpedənt] N → pedante mf

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pedant [ˈpɛd^ənt] n
to be a pedant → être tatillon(ne)

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pedant

n → Pedant(in) m(f), → Kleinigkeitskrämer(in) m(f)

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pedant [ˈpɛdənt] n → pedante m/f

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pedant [ˈpɛdənt] n → pedante m/f

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pedant

n pedant [ˈpedənt]

1 a person who makes a great show of his knowledge. beterweter مُدَّعي العِلْم، مُتباهي في معرفَتِه педант školomet pedant der/die Pedant(in) επιδεικτικός pedante pedant آدم فضل فروش tärkeilijä pédant/-ante פֶּדַנט पांडित्य दिखाना pedant tudálékos ember orang yang suka memamerkan keilmuannya maður uppfullur af lærdómshroka pedante 学者ぶる人 아는 체 하는 사람 didžiuoklis lielībnieks orang yg menunjuk-nunjuk pandai betweter pedant, paragrafrytter mądrala pedante pedant тот, кто кичится своими знаниями pedant pedant cepidlaka formalist คนชอบอวดรู้ bilgiç, ukalâ 賣弄學問的人 буквоїд علامہ بننے والا nhà thông thái rởm 卖弄学问的人

2 a person who attaches too much importance to minor details. skoolvos مُتَحَذْلِق، مُهْتَم بالأشْياء الصَّغيرَه педант puntičkář ordkløver; pernittengryn der/die Pedant(in) σχολαστικός pedante, perfeccionista, meticuloso tähenärija آدم ملا نقطی saivartelija formaliste קַפּדָן, דַקדֵקַן विद्याडम्बरी cjepidlaka fontoskodó ember formalis smámunasamur maður pedante しゃくし定規の人 융통성 없는 사람 pedantas pedants orang yg terlalu teliti vitter pedant, pirket person pedant pedante pedant педант puntičkár pikolovec cepidlaka pedant คนจู้จี้เรื่องกฏเกณฑ์และรายละเอียดมาก kuralcı kimse 空談家 педант چھوٹي تفصيلات پر زيادہ زور دينے والا người quá chú trọng đến tiểu tiết 空谈家

adj peˈdantic [-ˈdӕn-]

pedanties شَديد التَّحَذْلُق педантичен pedantický pedantisk pedantisch σχολαστικός pedante pedantne ملا نقطی وار؛ کوته نظرانه pedanttinen pédant קַפּדָן पंडिताऊ pedantan,cjepidlačarski tudálékos suka pamer keilmuannya smámunasamur pedante 学者ぶった 아는 체 하는 pedantiškas pedantisks menunjuk-nunjuk pandai pedant, vitterig pedantisk, pirket pedantyczny pedante pedant педантичный pedantský pedanten sitničav pedantisk, formalistisk อวดรู้ mızmız, kuralcı 學究式的 педантичний اپنے علم کو فخريہ طور پر ظاہر کرنے والا làm ra vẻ mô phạm 学究式的

adv peˈdantically

pedanties بحَذْلَقَه педантично pedanticky pedantiskt pedantisch σχολαστικά pedantemente pedantselt با فضل فروشی؛ با کوته نظری pedanttisesti pédantesquement בְּקַפדָנוּת आडम्‍बरता से pedantnost tudálékosan sifat suka menonjolkan keilmuannya af smámunasemi in maniera pedante 学者ぶって 현학적으로 pedantiškai pedantiski secara terlalu berhati-hati pedant, vitterig pedantisk, pirket pedantycznie com pedantismo pedant, cu pedanterie педантично pedantsky pedantno sitničavo pedantiskt, formalistiskt อย่างอวดรู้ ukalâca 賣弄學問地 педантично فخريہ طور پر thông thái rởm 卖弄学问地

n pedantry

skoolvossery تَحَذْلُق، إدّعاء المَعْرِفَه педантичност pedanterie, puntičkářství pedanteri; ordkløveri die Pedanterie σχολαστικότητα pedantería pedantsus فضل فروشی pikkumaisuus pédanterie קַפּדָנוּת विद्याडम्बर, पांडित्य प्रदर्शन pedanterija,cepidlačenje tudálékosság, pedantéria bualan smámunasemi pedanteria 学者ぶること 학자연함 pedantiškumas pedantiskums sifat menunjuk-nunjuk pandai pedanterie, vitterij pedanteri, pirk pedanteria pedantismo pedanterie педантичность puntičkársvo pedanterija sitničavost pedanteri, formalism การอวดรู้ ukalâlık 賣弄學問 педантичність, педантизм نمود علم، ادعائے فضيلت vẻ thông thái rởm 卖弄学问