pedant

(Anglès)

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. (archaic) A teacher or schoolmaster.

Adj

Pedantic.

Verb

To be or act as a pedant.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈpɛdənt/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb italià: pedagogo

Cognat amb francès: pédant

In summary

From Middle French pedant, pedante, from Italian pedante (“a teacher, schoolmaster, pedant”), associated with unrelated Italian pedagogo (“teacher, pedagogue”). Compare French pédant.

Conceptes

pedant

escolàstic

Sinònims

scholastic

bookworm

formalist

doctrinaire

quibbler

prig

such a man

methodologist

verbalist

wiseacre

wise guy

know-all

worthless scholar

caviller

precisian

square-toes

fastidious person

logomach

know-it-all

miser

nitpicker

pedagogue

Traduccions

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σχολαστικός

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Pedantin

schoolmeester

bilgiç

nichtsnutziger Gelehrter

επιδεικτικός

γλωσσαμύντωρ

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