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单词 pedant
释义 pedant
 —pedantesque,  adj.   —pedanthood,  n.  
 /ped"nt/,  n.  
  1. a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning.
  2. a person who overemphasizes rules or minor details.
  3. a person who adheres rigidly to book knowledge without regard to common sense.
  4.  Obs.   a schoolmaster.
 [1580-90; < It pedante teacher, pedant; appar. akin to PEDAGOGUE; see -ANT]
 Syn. 2. hairsplitter.
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