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pedant

2 syllables
nounadjective
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As a noun, pedant means a person who makes an excessive or tedious show of their knowledge, especially regarding rules of vocabulary and grammar. As an adjective, it means pedantic.

Meanings of pedant

5 meanings

noun

  1. A person who makes an excessive or tedious show of their knowledge, especially regarding rules of vocabulary and grammar.

  2. A person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.

  3. A person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they meritperson

    Similar: bookworm, scholastic
Older and rare meanings (1)

  1. archaicA teacher or schoolmaster.

adjective

  1. Pedantic.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book…
bookwormscholastic

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