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pedantic, a. (n.)|pɪˈdæntɪk|
[f. pedant or It. pedante + -ic. Of English formation: the corresp. It. adj. is pedantesco, F. pédantesque. So mod.G. pedantisch, Da. and Sw. pedantisk.]
Having the character of, or characteristic of, a pedant; characterized by or exhibiting pedantry; exaggeratedly, unseasonably, or absurdly learned. (In first quot., pedagogic, schoolmasterly.)
c1600Donne Sunne Rising i, Busie old foole, unruly Sunne,..Sawcy pedantique wretch, goe chide Late schoole⁓boyes. c1631T. Carew On Death of Donne 25 The Muses garden with Pedantique weeds O'rspread, was purg'd by thee. 1788Reid Aristotle's Log. vi. §1. 128 He was without pedantry even in that pedantic age. 1825Macaulay Ess., Milton 1 He does not..sacrifice sense and spirit to pedantic refinements. 1855Motley Dutch Rep. iii. i. (1866) 338 Rather a pedantic than a practical commander, more capable to discourse of battles than to gain them. 1871R. Ellis Catullus lvii. 7 Bookish brethren, a dainty pair pedantic.
†B. n. A pedantic person, a pedant. Obs.
1607R. C[arew] tr. Estienne's World of Wonders V iij b, That proud pedanticke.., who promised immortalitie to those to whom he dedicated any of his works. 1658Franck North. Mem. (1694) 27 This Age degenerates from Potentates to Pedanticks. |