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pedantic

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1. a. Alt. of Pedantical Source: opted
2. adj. marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects Source: wordnet
3. Of or pertaining to a pedant; characteristic of, or resembling, a pedant; ostentatious of learning; as, a pedantic writer; a pedantic description; a pedantical affectation. "Figures pedantical." Shak. Source: webster
4. j:100 s marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects Source: ecdict

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pedantical learning pedant aspects display focus marked narrow trivial affectation alt characteristic description figures ostentatious pertaining resembling writer

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pedaneous pedantically pedanticly pedantism pedantize pedantocracy

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