pedant (Meaning)
pedant (n)
a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
pedant (n.)
A schoolmaster; a pedagogue.
One who puts on an air of learning; one who makes a vain display of learning; a pretender to superior knowledge.
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pedant Sentence Examples
- The pedant's meticulous attention to grammar and language often led to awkward and stilted conversations.
- With his pedantic nature, he would interrupt others' speeches with corrections and unsolicited nitpicking.
- The students groaned as the pedant droned on about obscure historical details, irrelevant to the topic at hand.
- Despite his knowledge, the pedant's pedantry alienated colleagues and friends who found his constant corrections insufferable.
- The pedant's eagerness to display his erudition often resulted in condescending and belittling remarks.
- The pedant's pedantry extended even to his personal appearance, where he insisted on precise grooming and sartorial standards.
- The professor was known for his pedantic lectures, which were more focused on minor grammatical points than on conveying the main ideas.
- The writer's pedantic style weighed down the narrative, making it arduous for readers to enjoy the story.
- As a pedant, he relished the opportunity to correct the slightest errors in others' speech or writing.
- The pedant's preoccupation with minutiae often distracted him from the broader picture and prevented him from seeing the forest for the trees.
FAQs About the word pedant
a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they meritA schoolmaster; a pedagogue., One who puts on an air of learning; one who make
teacher, instructor,educator, purist, pedagog, critic, pedagogue, academic, academician, schoolteacher
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The pedant's meticulous attention to grammar and language often led to awkward and stilted conversations.
With his pedantic nature, he would interrupt others' speeches with corrections and unsolicited nitpicking.
The students groaned as the pedant droned on about obscure historical details, irrelevant to the topic at hand.
Despite his knowledge, the pedant's pedantry alienated colleagues and friends who found his constant corrections insufferable.
