Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pedantic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pedantic \Pe*dan"tic\, Pedantical \Pe*dan"tic*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to a pedant; characteristic of, or
resembling, a pedant; ostentatious of learning; as, a
pedantic writer; a pedantic description; a pedantical
affectation. ``Figures pedantical.'' --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pedantic
adj : marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
especially its trivial aspects [syn: {academic}, {donnish}]
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