pedantic

pe·dan·tic  (p-dntk)

adj.

Characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules: a pedantic attention to details.

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pe·danti·cal·ly adv.

Synonyms: pedantic, academic, bookish, donnish, scholastic
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.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

pedantic - marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects donnish, academic scholarly - characteristic of scholars or scholarship; "scholarly pursuits"; "a scholarly treatise"; "a scholarly attitude"

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pedantic

adjective 1. hairsplitting, particular, formal, precise, fussy, picky (informal) nit-picking (informal) punctilious, priggish, pedagogic, overnice

adjective 2. academic, pompous, schoolmasterly, stilted, erudite, scholastic, didactic, bookish, abstruse, donnish, sententious

Translations

pedantic [pɪˈdæntɪk] adj → pedante

pedantic [pɪˈdæntɪk] adj → pédant(e)

pedantic [pɪˈdæntɪk] pedant adj → pedantisch

pedantic [pɪˈdæntɪk] adj → pedantesco/a