pedant
English
Etymology
From Middle French pedant, pedante, from Italian pedante (“a teacher, schoolmaster, pedant”), associated with Italian pedagogo (“teacher, pedagogue”). Compare French pédant.
Pronunciation
- enPR: pĕdʹənt, IPA(key): /ˈpɛdənt/
Noun
pedant (plural pedants)
- (archaic) A teacher or schoolmaster.
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: […] Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:, vol. 1 ch. 24:
- I have in my youth oftentimes beene vexed to see a Pedant [tr. pedante] brought in, in most of Italian comedies, for a vice or sport-maker, and the nicke-name of Magister to be of no better signification amongst us.
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- A person who emphasizes his/her knowledge through the use of vocabulary.
- (slang) A person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.
Usage notes
Derived terms
Translations
person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning
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person who emphasizes his/her knowledge through the use of vocabulary
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Adjective
pedant (not comparable)
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Czech
Etymology
From German Pedant, from French pédant, from Italian pedante.
Noun
pedant m
- pedant (person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)
Declension
Declension
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
pedant (comparative pedanter, superlative pedantst)
| Inflection of pedant | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | pedant | |||
| inflected | pedante | |||
| comparative | pedanter | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | pedant | pedanter | het pedantst het pedantste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | pedante | pedantere | pedantste |
| n. sing. | pedant | pedanter | pedantste | |
| plural | pedante | pedantere | pedantste | |
| definite | pedante | pedantere | pedantste | |
| partitive | pedants | pedanters | — | |
Latin
Verb
pedant
- third-person plural present active indicative of pedō
Middle French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
pedant m (plural pedants)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From German Pedant, from French pédant, from Italian pedante, from Ancient Greek παιδεία (paideía).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pědant/
- Hyphenation: pe‧dant
Noun
pèdant, pedȁnt m (Cyrillic spelling пѐдант, педа̏нт)
- pedant (person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)
Declension
References
- “pedant” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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