pedantic

(Engels)

1. Being overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning, like a pedant.
2. Tending to show off one’s knowledge, often in a tiresome manner.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/pəˈdæn.tɪk/

Etimologie (Engels)

From pedant + -ic.

Sinonieme

academic

scholastic

donnish

finicky

punctilious

meticulous

scrupulous

bookish

pedantry

persnickety

pettifogging

petty

priggish

prim

quibble

split hairs

thorough

ungenerous

overparticular

square-toed

meanspirited

schoolteacherish

persnickety

pernickety

anal

captious

cavilling

fastidious

fault-finding

fussy

pedantical