Pedantic
[pɪ'dæntɪk]
Definition
(a.) Alt. of Pedantical
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Conceited, pragmatical, vain of knowledge, ostentations of learning.
Editor: Will
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Pedagogical, priggish
ANT:Unaffected, slipshod
Editor: Orville
Examples
- The first person who addressed her was one Mr. Trench; a certain short-sighted, pedantic man, whom most people know about town. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He's a cursed white-blooded pedantic coxcomb, said Will, with gnashing impetuosity. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He was a pedantic, disagreeable, affected fool, who visited his patients in leather breeches and topped boots. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I was not disposed to admire anything else, indeed; but I rather think Graham was pedantic. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It would indeed be an intolerably pedantic performance for a nation to sit still and wait for its scientists to report on their labors. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Editor: Orville