pedantic
pronunciation
How to pronounce pedantic in British English:
UK [pɪˈdæntɪk]
How to pronounce pedantic in American English:
US [pəˈdæntɪk]
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- Adjective:
- marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
Word Origin
- pedantic (adj.)
- formed in English c. 1600, from pedant + -ic. The French equivalent is pédantesque. Perhaps first attested in John Donne's "Sunne Rising," where he bids the morning sun let his love and him linger in bed, telling it, "Sawcy pedantique wretch, goe chide Late schooleboyes." Related: Pedantical (1580s); pedantically.
Example
- 1. He fights evil not with his fists , but by tapping into the collective consciousness of global humanity through superhuman telepathy and pedantic new age philosophy .
- 2. Or there is india with its weak state but much greater accountability and almost pedantic attachment to the law .