PEDANTIC

pedantic. Pedantic, a. like a pedant, conceited, vain, proud

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{ Pe‐dan″tic (?), Pe‐dan″tic‐al (?), } a. 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.