pedant

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1. n. A schoolmaster; a pedagogue. Source: opted
2. n. One who puts on an air of learning; one who makes a vain display of learning; a pretender to superior knowledge. Source: opted
3. n. a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit Source: wordnet
4. Of or pertaining to a pedant; characteristic of, or resembling,a pedant; ostentatious of learning; as, a pedantic writer; a pedanticdescription; a pedantical affectation. "Figures pedantical." Shak. Source: adambom
5. n:100 n. a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit Source: ecdict

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