单词 | pedant |
释义 | pedant n.   1. a person who insists on strict adherence to formal rules or literal meaning at the expense of a wider view.   2. a person who rates academic learning or technical knowledge above everything.   3. a person who is obsessed by a theory; a doctrinaire. Derivatives pedantic adj. pedantically adv. pedantize v.intr. & tr. (also -ise). pedantry n. (pl. -ies). Etymology: F p{eacute}dant f. It. pedante: app. formed as PEDAGOGUE |
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