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- [puh-dan-tik]
- /pəˈdæn tɪk/
- /pəˈdæn.tɪk/
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- [puh-dan-tik]
- /pəˈdæn tɪk/
Definitions of pedantic word
- adjective pedantic ostentatious in one's learning. 1
- adjective pedantic overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching. 1
- adjective pedantic overly concerned with detail 1
- adjective pedantic If you think someone is pedantic, you mean that they are too concerned with unimportant details or traditional rules, especially in connection with academic subjects. 0
- adjective pedantic of, relating to, or characterized by pedantry 0
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Origin of pedantic
First appearance:
before 1590 One of the 37% oldest English words
First recorded in 1590-1600; pedant + -ic
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Parts of speech for Pedantic
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pedantic popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
pedantic usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pedantic
adj pedantic
- banausic — merely mechanical; materialistic; utilitarian
- bookish — Someone who is bookish spends a lot of time reading serious books.
- campiest — of, relating to, or characterized by camp: a campy send-up of romantic operetta.
- campy — Campy means the same as camp.
- cardboard — Cardboard is thick, stiff paper that is used, for example, to make boxes and models.
adjective pedantic
- academic — Academic is used to describe things that relate to the work done in schools, colleges, and universities, especially work which involves studying and reasoning rather than practical or technical skills.
- acroamatic — relating to oral communication
- captious — apt to make trivial criticisms; fault-finding; carping
- euphuistic — Of or pertaining to euphuism.
- exhortative — (comparable) Appearing to exhort; in an urging manner.
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