Main Entry: pe.dan.tic
Pronunciation: pi-'dan-tik
Function: adjective
Date: circa 1600
1 : of, relating to, or being a pedant
2 : narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned
3 : UNIMAGINATIVE, PEDESTRIAN
- pe.dan.ti.cal.ly /-'dan-ti-k(&-)lE/ adverb

Main Entry: ped.ant
Pronunciation: 'pe-d[^&]nt
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French, from Italian pedante
Date: 1588
1 obsolete : a male schoolteacher
2 a : one who makes a show of knowledge
b : one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge
c : a formalist or precisionist in teaching