Pedantic
Pronunciation : Pe*dan"tic, Pe*dan"tic*al
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Of or pertaining to a pedant; characteristic of, or resembling, a pedant; ostentatious of learning; as, a pedantic writer; a pedantic description; a pedantical affectation. "Figures pedantical." Shak.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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