pedantic

English

WOTD – 31 March 2006

Alternative forms

pedantick (obsolete)

Etymology

From pedant +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

enPR: pa-dăn'tĭk, IPA^(key): /pəˈdæn.tɪk/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -æntɪk

Adjective

pedantic (comparative more pedantic, superlative most pedantic)

Like a pedant, overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.
Being showy of one’s knowledge, often in a boring manner.
Being finicky or fastidious, especially with language.

Synonyms

(like a pedant): (informal, derogatory) anal-retentive, fussy, nit-picky
(knowledge-peacock): (sometimes applicable) nit-picky, ostentatious, pedagogical, pretentious
(linguistically affected): fussy, nit-picky
See also Thesaurus:fastidious

Related terms

Translations

like a pedant

Chinese:
Mandarin: 教條 (zh), 教条 (zh) (jiàotiáo)
Czech: pedantský (cs) f, pedantický m, puntíčkářský m
Esperanto: pedimenta
Finnish: pedanttinen, pikkumainen (fi), pikkutarkka (fi)
French: méticuleux (fr)
Greek: σχολαστικός (el) (scholastikós)

Japanese: 杓子定規 (ja) (しゃくしじょうぎ, shakushi jyogi)
Portuguese: pedante (pt)
Romanian: meticulos (ro), pedant (ro)
Russian: педанти́чный (ru) (pedantíčnyj)
Spanish: pedante (es), pretencioso
Swedish: pedantisk (sv)

being showy of one's knowledge

Catalan: pedant
Chinese:
Mandarin: 掉書袋 (zh), 掉书袋 (zh) (diàoshūdài), 舞文弄墨 (zh) (wǔwénnòngmò)
Czech: mentorský m

Finnish: pedanttinen, rikkiviisas
French: pédant (fr)
Japanese: 学者ぶった (がくしゃぶった, gakusha butta)
Spanish: pedante (es)

being finicky with language

Chinese:
Mandarin: 摳字眼 (zh), 抠字眼 (zh) (kōuzìyǎn), 鑽牛角尖 (zh), 钻牛角尖 (zh) (zuānniújiǎojiān)
Czech: pedantský (cs) f, pedantický m, slovíčkářský (cs) m

Finnish: pedanttinen, sanatarkka, kirjaimellinen (fi)
French: pointilleux (fr)
Greek: σχολαστικός (el) (scholastikós)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

Estonian: ^{(please verify)} pedantne
French: ^{(please verify)} pédant m, ^{(please verify)} pédante f
German: ^{(please verify)} pedantisch
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 현학적인 (hyeonhakjeogin)

Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 賣弄學問的;炫學者
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} pedant
Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} pèdantan, ^{(please verify)} пѐдантан
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} cursi, ^{(please verify)} maniático, ^{(please verify)} pedante, ^{(please verify)} puntilloso

Anagrams

depactin, pentacid, pentadic

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