英语词汇“pedant”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

A pedant is an annoying person who is focused on minor details and book knowledge rather than ordinary common sense. In war, it can be dangerous to have a pedant as commander––he'll insist on textbook maneuvers instead of adapting to circumstances on the ground.

This word was borrowed from French pédant or Italian pedante "teacher, schoolmaster," but its ultimate origin is unknown. One theory is that the original meaning of Italian pedante was "foot soldier," associated with the Italian word pedagogo "teacher" because teachers are always on their feet. Another theory is that Italian pedante was formed from the root of Greek paideuein "to teach," which happens to be the source of English pedagogue "teacher." In fact, a pedagogue is a pedantic teacher.

WORD FAMILY

pedant: pedantic, pedants+/pedantic: pedantically, pedantry/pedantry: pedantries

USAGE EXAMPLES

But only consonant pedants would demand a translation of the name of the busy thoroughfare which runs perpendicular to George Bush Boulevard.

BBC(Oct 26, 2016)

For every badly spelt, poorly constructed tweet, there were a hundred unreconstructed grammar pedants leaping in to point out the mistakes.

BBC(Sep 10, 2016)

Flipping through Mr. Garner’s usage dictionary is enough to leave even a professional pedant dizzied.

Wall Street Journal(Jul 08, 2016)

n a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

bookworm, scholastic

purist

someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words)

bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student

a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

单词	pedant
释义	pedant (once / 1363 pages) n A pedant is an annoying person who is focused on minor details and book knowledge rather than ordinary common sense. In war, it can be dangerous to have a pedant as commander––he'll insist on textbook maneuvers instead of adapting to circumstances on the ground. This word was borrowed from French pédant or Italian pedante "teacher, schoolmaster," but its ultimate origin is unknown. One theory is that the original meaning of Italian pedante was "foot soldier," associated with the Italian word pedagogo "teacher" because teachers are always on their feet. Another theory is that Italian pedante was formed from the root of Greek paideuein "to teach," which happens to be the source of English pedagogue "teacher." In fact, a pedagogue is a pedantic teacher. WORD FAMILY pedant: pedantic, pedants+/pedantic: pedantically, pedantry/pedantry: pedantries USAGE EXAMPLES But only consonant pedants would demand a translation of the name of the busy thoroughfare which runs perpendicular to George Bush Boulevard. BBC(Oct 26, 2016) For every badly spelt, poorly constructed tweet, there were a hundred unreconstructed grammar pedants leaping in to point out the mistakes. BBC(Sep 10, 2016) Flipping through Mr. Garner’s usage dictionary is enough to leave even a professional pedant dizzied. Wall Street Journal(Jul 08, 2016) n a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper bookworm, scholastic purist someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words) bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
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