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单词 pedantizing
释义

pedant /pedˈnt/

noun
  1. An over-educated person who parades his or her knowledge
  2. A person who values academic learning too highly
  3. A person fond of making over-fine distinctions, or one insisting on strict adherence to or interpretations of rules, etc
  4. A schoolmaster (Shakespeare)
ORIGIN: Ital pedante (perh through Fr pédant); connection with pedagogue not clear

pedantic /pid-antˈik/ or pedantˈical adjective

  1. Schoolmasterly
  2. Of the character or in the manner of a pedant

pedantˈically adverb

pedantˈicism /-i-sizm/ noun

A pedant's expression

pedantˈicize or pedantˈicise /-i-sīz/ transitive verb

To make pedantic, give pedantic form to

pedˈantism noun

  1. Pedantry
  2. Pedanticism

pedˈantize or pedˈantise intransitive verb

To play the pedant

transitive verb

To turn into a pedant

pedantocˈracy noun

Government by pedants

pedantˈocrat noun

pedantocratˈic adjective

pedˈantry noun

  1. The character or manner of a pedant
  2. A pedantic expression
  3. Unduly rigorous formality

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