Associations to the word «Pedantic»
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
Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you
want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's
gone, gone forever.