adj.
Pronunciation: pi- ' dan-tik
Function: adjective
Date: circa 1600
1 : of, relating to, or being a pedant
2 : narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned
3 : UNIMAGINATIVE , PEDESTRIAN
– pe · dan · ti · cal · ly \ - ' dan-ti-k( ə -)l ē \ adverb