pedant - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

Forum API

- See Also:
- - peculiarity
  - pecuniary
  - pedagogic
  - pedagogue
  - pedagogy
  - pedal
  - pedal note
  - pedal pusher
  - pedal steel guitar
  - pedalo
  - pedant
  - pedantic
  - peddle
  - peddler
  - pederasty
  - pedestal
  - pedestrian
  - pedestrianize
  - pediatrics
  - pedicab
  - pedicel
- Settings:
- - Click on word:
    gets translation
    does nothing
- - Recent searches:
    - Save history
    - View All
- Links:
- WR Random Word:
- Try out WordReference Random Word! Each page load will return a random word from the dictionary. Or test your knowledge and have each page load with the definition hidden!

pedant

in Spanish | in French | in Italian | English synonyms | in context | images

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pedant /ˈpɛd(ə)nt/

▶noun a person who is excessively concerned with minor detail or with displaying technical knowledge.

– derivatives
pedantry noun.

– origin C16: from Fr. pédant, from Ital. pedante, perh. from the first element of L. paedogogus (see pedagogue).

'pedant' also found in these Oxford entries:

conundrum - pedantic

Forum discussions with the word(s) "pedant" in the title:

celestial pedant
pedant, pedantic
pedant(ic)?

Ask in the forums yourself.Visit the English Only Forum.

Look up "pedant" at Merriam-Webster
Look up "pedant" at dictionary.com

In other languages: Spanish | French | Italian | Portuguese | German | Russian | Polish | Romanian | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic

Download free Android and iPhone apps

Android App

iPhone App

Report an inappropriate ad.