PEDANT


Meaning of PEDANT in English

noun Etymology: Middle French, from Italian ~e Date: 1588 a male schoolteacher, 2. one who makes a show of knowledge, one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge, a formalist or precisionist in teaching

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