pedantic

Meanings

• adjective

  Showing an unnecessarily formal and often annoying concern for minor details and rules.

  - "His pedantic behavior made it difficult for others to enjoy the presentation."
  - "She found her professor's pedantic lectures tedious."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with pedantic
dantic , antic

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Variants

List of all variants of pedantic that leads to same result
pedantic , pedantically

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

Originally meaning 'pertaining to feet,' pedantic comes from the Latin word 'pedanticus,' which means 'relating to the foot.' However, its modern meaning is unrelated to its etymology.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'pedant' was originally used to refer to a teacher or scholar.

2. In the 16th century, 'pedantic' was used to describe someone who was learned but also dull and uninteresting.

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Related Concepts

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1. perfectionism: Pedantic behavior is often associated with perfectionism, as both involve an excessive focus on details and rules.

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Quotes

Quotes by authors and personalities

1. It may seem "pedantic" to harp on what looks like mere procedure, but this is one case where the process is the forest.

   - Hendrik Hertzberg,{it}New Yorker{/it},29 May 2000

2. What I'm objecting to is that picture books are judged from a particular, "pedantic" point of view vis-à-vis their relation to children—and I insist that a picture book is much more.

   - Maurice Sendak,{it}Caldecott & Co.{/it},1988

3. She is looking for the will, or for the diary; always looking for herself in history, the self the pious, "pedantic" Tolstoyans would disinherit and deny.  …

   - Elizabeth Hardwick,{it}Bartleby in Manhattan and Other Essays{/it},(1962) 1984

4. Yet not since Kenneth Roberts has anyone written of early New England life in such vivid and convincing detail. (The minor inaccuracies will stir only the "pedantic".)

   - Annie Proulx,{it}New York Times Book Review{/it},28 Apr. 1991

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How to Memorize "pedantic"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a person who is overly concerned with minor details and rules, such as a librarian carefully arranging books or a teacher correcting every minor error in a student's work.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'pedantic' with the image of a person wearing thick glasses and constantly correcting others.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Picky Pete' to remember the meaning of 'pedantic'.

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