Pedant
Pronunciation : Ped"ant
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. p?dant, It. pedante, fr. Gr. pai^s boy. See Pedagogue.]
Definition : 1. A schoolmaster; a pedagogue. [Obs.] Dryden. A pedant that keeps a school i'th' church. Shak.
2. One who puts on an air of learning; one who makes a vain display of learning; a pretender to superior knowledge. Addison. A scholar, yet surely no pedant, was he. Goldsmith.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913