PEDANT

Pedant

A pedant is a person who is excessively concerned with formalism and precision, or who makes an ostentatious and arrogant show of learning.

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pedant

Noun

  1. A teacher or schoolmaster.
  2. A person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.
  3. A person who emphasizes his/her knowledge through the use of vocabulary.


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