Word of the Day 9.30.9
pedantic
pe·dan·tic (p
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adj.
Characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules: a pedantic attention to details.
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.
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pedantic – marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspectsscholarly – characteristic of scholars or scholarship; “scholarly pursuits”; “a scholarly treatise”; “a scholarly attitude” |
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