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1. Formerly, a schoolmaster; a tutor; It used to be that a pedant taught in a little schoolhouse or taught the children of wealthy parents.
2. One who makes a display of learning, especially with books: A pedant over emphasizes rules or minor details and adheres rigidly to book knowledge without regard to common sense.
3. Someone who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning: A pedant can be an erudite person who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the use or presentation of his knowledge or is a a formalist or precisionist in teaching or scholarship.
2. One who makes a display of learning, especially with books: A pedant over emphasizes rules or minor details and adheres rigidly to book knowledge without regard to common sense.
3. Someone who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning: A pedant can be an erudite person who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the use or presentation of his knowledge or is a a formalist or precisionist in teaching or scholarship.
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“pedants”
pedants
People who pay undue attention to book learning and formal rules.
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