- pedantic pe·dan·tic adj
- [pɪ'dæntɪk]
pedante, pedantesco (-a)
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
pedantic pe·dan·tic adj
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pedantic — pe|dan|tic [pıˈdæntık] adj paying too much attention to rules or to small unimportant details pedantic about ▪ Some people can be very pedantic about punctuation. >pedantically [ kli] adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
pedantic — pe•dan•tic [[t]pəˈdæn tɪk[/t]] orpe•dan′ti•cal adj. 1) cvb ostentatious in one s learning 2) cvb overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, esp. in teaching • Etymology: 1590–1600; pedant+ ic pe•dan′ti•cal•ly, adv … From formal English to slang
