Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pedantry"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pedantry \Ped"ant*ry\, n. [Cf. F. p['e]danterie.]
The act, character, or manners of a pedant; vain ostentation
of learning. ``This pedantry of quotation.'' --Cowley.
'T is a practice that savors much of pedantry. --Sir T.
Browne.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pedantry
n : a ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.