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Pedantry — Ped ant*ry, n. [Cf. F. p[ e]danterie.] The act, character, or manners of a pedant; vain ostentation of learning. This pedantry of quotation. Cowley. [1913 Webster] T is a practice that savors much of pedantry. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pedantry — Fowler (1926) observed that the term ‘is obviously a relative one; my pedantry is your scholarship, his reasonable accuracy, her irreducible minimum of education, and someone else s ignorance’. He referred to articles in his book and left the… … Modern English usage
pedantry — index diligence (care) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
pedantry — 1610s, from It. pedanteria, from pedante, or from Fr. pédanterie, from pédant (see PEDANT (Cf. pedant)) … Etymology dictionary
pedantry — [ped′ n trē] n. pl. pedantries [Fr pédanterie < It pedanteria < pedante: see PEDANT] 1. the qualities, practices, etc. of a pedant; ostentatious display of knowledge, or an instance of this 2. an arbitrary adherence to rules and forms … English World dictionary
pedantry — noun (plural ries) Date: 1612 1. pedantic presentation or application of knowledge or learning 2. an instance of pedantry … New Collegiate Dictionary
pedantry — noun /ˈpɛd.ən.tɹi/ a) An excessive attention to detail or rules. I dont want to listen to your pedantries anymore. b) An instance of such behaviour. Winston Churchill was once informed that one should not end a sentence with a preposition. His… … Wiktionary
pedantry — noun the pedantry in her argument has upset the flow of our discussion Syn: dogmatism, purism, literalism, formalism; overscrupulousness, scrupulousness, perfectionism, fastidiousness, punctiliousness, meticulousness; captiousness, quibbling,… … Thesaurus of popular words
pedantry — /ˈpɛdntri/ (say pedntree) noun (plural pedantries) 1. the character or practice of a pedant; an undue display of learning. 2. slavish attention to rules, details, etc.: *Certainly, if everyone spoke with absolute correctness and pedantry we might …
pedantry — pedant ► NOUN ▪ a person excessively concerned with minor detail or with displaying technical knowledge. DERIVATIVES pedantic adjective pedantically adverb pedantry noun. ORIGIN French pédant, probably related to PEDAGOGUE(Cf. ↑pedagogue) … English terms dictionary
