pedantic
[ puh-dan-tik ]
/ pəˈdæn tɪk /
adjective
ostentatious in one's learning.
overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching.
Words nearby pedantic
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Also Archaic, pe·dan·ti·cal.
OTHER WORDS FROM pedantic
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Examples from the Web for pedantical
I do not think that success will come by a pedantical insistence upon correctness in form without regard to the sense.
College Teaching|Paul KlapperThere remain two appendices touching the tradition of knowledge, the one critical, the other pedantical.
The Advancement of Learning|Francis BaconIt took at least five minutes before the wearisome, pedantical fellow had finished his arrangements and preparations.
British Dictionary definitions for pedantical
pedantic
/ (pɪˈdæntɪk) /
adjective
of, relating to, or characterized by pedantry
Derived forms of pedantic
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