Associations to the word «Pedantic»
Noun
- Schoolmaster
- Vanity
- Humour
- Narrow
- Folly
- Simplicity
- Discourse
- Vulcan
- Ignorance
- Distinction
- Shakespeare
- Criticism
- Learning
- Reader
- Taste
- Manner
- Tone
- Horace
- Spock
- Acquaintance
- Scholar
- Astronomer
- Style
- Speech
- Phrase
- Abandon
- Wit
- Accuracy
- Charm
- Detail
- Verse
- Dry
- Definition
- Commentary
- Laughter
- Scholarship
- Sympathy
- Lecture
- Display
- Critic
- Writing
- Self
- Conversation
- Profession
- Gravity
- Character
- Pupil
- Poem
- Word
- Argument
- Fault
- Attitude
- Necessity
- Sort
- Spirit
- Expression
- Sense
- Sentence
Adjective
Wiktionary
PEDANTIC, adjective. Like a pedant, overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.
PEDANTIC, adjective. Being showy of one’s knowledge, often in a boring manner.
PEDANTIC, adjective. Being finicky or fastidious, especially with language.
Dictionary definition
PEDANTIC, adjective. Marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects.
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.