English-Thai Dictionary

pedant

N คน จู้จี้ เรื่อง กฏ เกณ ฑ์ และ รายละเอียด มาก  formalist kon-ju-je-ruang-kod-kean-lea-rai-ra-iad-mak

 

pedant

N คน ชอบ อวดรู้  kon-chob-aud-ru

 

pedantry

N การ ชอบ อวดรู้  การ ชอบ อวดภูมิ  kan-chob-aud-ru

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PEDANT

n. 1. A schoolmaster.
2. A person who makes a vain display of his learning.

 

PEDANTIC, PEDANTICAL

a.Ostentatious of learning; vainly displaying or making a show of knowledge; applied to persons or things; as a pedantic writer or scholar; a pedantic description or expression.

 

PEDANTICALLY

adv. With a vain or boastful display of learning.

 

PEDANTIZE

v.i.To play the pedant; to domineer over lads; to use pedantic expressions.

 

PEDANTRY

n.Vain ostentation of learning; a boastful display of knowledge of any kind. Horace has enticed me into this pedantry of quotation.
Pedantry is the unseasonable ostentation of learning.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PEDANT

Ped "ant, n. Etym: [F. pédant, It. pedante, fr. Gr. pai ^s boy. See Pedagogue. ]

 

1. A schoolmaster; a pedagogue. [Obs. ] Dryden. A pedant that keeps a school i'th' church. Shak.

 

2. One who puts on an air of learning; one who makes a vain display of learning; a pretender to superior knowledge. Addison. A scholar, yet surely no pedant, was he. Goldsmith.

 

PEDANTIC; PEDANTICAL

PEDANTIC; PEDANTICAL Pe *dan "tic, Pe *dan "tic *al, a.

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to a pedant; characteristic of, or resembling, a pedant; ostentatious of learning; as, a pedantic writer; a pedantic description; a pedantical affectation. "Figures pedantical." Shak.

 

PEDANTICALLY

PEDANTICALLY Pe *dan "tic *al *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a pedantic manner.

 

PEDANTICLY

PEDANTICLY Pe *dan "tic *ly, adv.

 

Defn: Pedantically. [R.]

 

PEDANTISM

PEDANTISM Ped "ant *ism, n.

 

Defn: The office, disposition, or act of a pedant; pedantry. [Obs. ]

 

PEDANTIZE

Ped "ant *ize, v. i. Etym: [Cf. F. pédantiser.]

 

Defn: To play the pedant; to use pedantic expressions. [R.]

 

PEDANTOCRACY

Ped `an *toc "ra *cy, n. Etym: [Pedant + democracy. ]

 

Defn: The sway of pedants. [R.] J. S. Mill.

 

PEDANTRY

Ped "ant *ry, n. Etym: [Cf. F. pédanterie.]

 

Defn: The act, character, or manners of a pedant; vain ostentation of learning. "This pedantry of quotation. " Cowley. 'T is a practice that savors much of pedantry. Sir T. Browne.

 

PEDANTY

PEDANTY Ped "ant *y, n.

 

Defn: An assembly or clique of pedants. [Obs. ] Milton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pedant

ped ant |ˈpednt ˈpɛdnt | ▶noun a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French pédant, from Italian pedante, perhaps from the first element of Latin paedagogus (see pedagogue ).

 

pedantic

pe dan tic |pəˈdantik pəˈdæn (t )ɪk | ▶adjective of or like a pedant: many of the essays are long, dense, and too pedantic to hold great appeal. DERIVATIVES pe dan ti cal ly |-tik (ə )lē |adverb

 

pedantry

ped ant ry |ˈpedntrē ˈpedntri | ▶noun excessive concern with minor details and rules: to object to this is not mere pedantry.

 

Oxford Dictionary

pedant

pedant |ˈpɛd (ə )nt | ▶noun a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French pédant, from Italian pedante, perhaps from the first element of Latin paedogogus (see pedagogue ).

 

pedantic

pe ¦dan |tic |pɪˈdantɪk | ▶adjective excessively concerned with minor details or rules; overscrupulous: his analyses are careful and even painstaking, but never pedantic. DERIVATIVES pedantically adverb

 

pedantry

pedantry |ˈpɛd (ə )ntri | ▶noun [ mass noun ] excessive concern with minor details and rules: to object to this is not mere pedantry.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

pedant

pedant noun pedants insist that the twenty-first century starts with 2001: dogmatist, purist, literalist, formalist, doctrinaire, perfectionist; quibbler, hair-splitter, casuist, sophist; informal nitpicker.

 

pedantic

pedantic adjective a pedantic interpretation of the rules: overscrupulous, scrupulous, precise, exact, perfectionist, punctilious, meticulous, fussy, fastidious, finicky; dogmatic, purist, literalist, literalistic, formalist; casuistic, casuistical, sophistic, sophistical; captious, hair-splitting, quibbling; informal nitpicking, persnickety.

 

pedantry

pedantry noun the pedantry in her argument has upset the flow of our discussion: dogmatism, purism, literalism, formalism; overscrupulousness, scrupulousness, perfectionism, fastidiousness, punctiliousness, meticulousness; captiousness, quibbling, hair-splitting, casuistry, sophistry; informal nitpicking. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See knowledge . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

pedant

pedant noun pedants insist that the 21st century starts with 2001: dogmatist, purist, literalist, formalist, doctrinaire; precisionist, perfectionist; quibbler, hair-splitter, casuist, sophist, fault-finder, caviller, carper; informal nitpicker; archaic pettifogger; rare precisian, Dryasdust.

 

pedantic

pedantic adjective 1 a pedantic interpretation of the rules: overscrupulous, scrupulous, precise, exact, over-exacting, perfectionist, precisionist, punctilious, meticulous, fussy, fastidious, finical, finicky; dogmatic, purist, literalist, literalistic, formalist, scholastic; casuistic, casuistical, sophistic, sophistical; captious, hair-splitting, quibbling, pettifogging, fault-finding, hypercritical, cavilling, carping; informal nitpicking, pernickety; archaic overnice. 2 pedantic words like ‘irriguous ’: learned, cerebral, didactic, bookish, pedagogic, donnish, highbrow, ivory-tower, pretentious, pompous; intellectual, academic, scholastic, scholarly, literary; informal egghead.

 

pedantry

pedantry noun 1 keeping the two distinct is more than mere pedantry: dogmatism, purism, literalism, formalism; overscrupulousness, scrupulousness, precision, exactness, perfectionism, fastidiousness, punctiliousness, meticulousness, finickiness, finicality; captiousness, quibbling, hair-splitting, fault-finding, cavilling, carping, casuistry, sophistry; informal nitpicking; archaic pettifogging, pettifoggery. 2 the book lacks the creaking pedantry of many such works: pretentiousness, pomposity, pompousness, dullness, tedium; intellectualism, academicism, scholasticism, scholarliness, erudition, studiousness, didacticism, bookishness, pedagogism, donnishness.

 

Duden Dictionary

pedant

pe dant Adjektiv österreichisch umgangssprachlich |ped a nt |pedantisch

 

Pedant

Pe dant Substantiv, maskulin abwertend , der Pedantin |Ped a nt |der Pedant; Genitiv: des Pedanten, Plural: die Pedanten französisch pédant < italienisch pedante, eigentlich = Lehrer, wohl zu griechisch paideúein = erziehen, unterrichten übertrieben genauer, kleinlicher Mensch

 

Pedanterie

Pe dan te rie Substantiv, feminin , die |Pedanter ie |die Pedanterie; Genitiv: der Pedanterie, Plural: die Pedanterien Plural selten französisch pédanterie < italienisch pedanteria a ohne Plural pedantisches Wesen, Verhalten mit äußerster Pedanterie vorgehen b abwertend einzelne von Pedanterie a zeugende Handlung

 

Pedantin

Pe dan tin Substantiv, feminin , die |Ped a ntin |weibliche Form zu Pedant

 

pedantisch

pe dan tisch Adjektiv abwertend |ped a ntisch |nach französisch pédantesque < italienisch pedantesco von kleinlicher, übertriebener Genauigkeit ein pedantischer Mensch

 

French Dictionary

pédant

pédant , ante adj. et n. m. et f. adjectif et nom masculin et féminin Qui affecte l ’érudition, prétentieux. : Un ton pédant, des expressions pédantes. Ce sont des pédants insupportables.

 

pédanterie

pédanterie n. f. nom féminin Affectation prétentieuse d ’érudition.

 

Spanish Dictionary

pedante

pedante adjetivo /nombre común 1 [persona ] Que presume de manera inoportuna, a través de su actitud o sus palabras, de tener grandes conocimientos, o hace creer que los tiene :recuerde que las empresas de selección detestan tanto a las personas pedantes como a las tímidas; el pedante habla siempre refiriéndose a lecturas (de él se dice que habla como un libro ) y gusta de vomitar todo lo que ha leído, con lo que abruma a las personas con quienes conversa .2 adjetivo Que es propio de estas personas :hablaba con un detestable tonillo pedante; a los comentarios prepotentes y pedantes de los críticos cinematográficos no les hacen ni caso .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo (s. xvi ) del italiano pedante ‘maestro de escuela ’, ‘pedante ’, deformación procedente del cultismo pedagogo, con identificación popular y burlesca con la voz vulgar italiana pedante ‘soldado de a pie ’, ‘peatón ’, por alusión al hecho de que el acompañante de niños debe andar constantemente .

 

pedantear

pedantear verbo intransitivo Actuar o hablar con pedantería .

 

pedantería

pedantería nombre femenino 1 Cualidad de pedante :nadie soportaba la pedantería de sus palabras; no es aconsejable expresarse con pedantería .2 Dicho o hecho propio de la persona pedante :ya va siendo hora de disponer de una edición anotada (pero sin pedanterías ) de esta novela .

 

pedantesco, -ca

pedantesco, -ca adjetivo Del pedante o relaciondo con él o con su estilo y modo de hablar :actitud pedantesca; actuaba sin ánimo pedantesco .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

pedant

ped ant /péd (ə )nt /名詞 C ｟けなして ｠規律にうるさい人 ; 細かい人 ; 学者ぶる人 .

 

pedantic

pe dan tic /pɪdǽntɪk /形容詞 ｟けなして ｠〈人が 〉規律にうるさい ; 細かい ; 学者ぶった .pe d á n ti cal ly /-k (ə )li /副詞

 

pedantry

ped ant ry /péd (ə )ntri /名詞 U ｟けなして ｠規律にうるさいこと ; 細かいこと ; 学者ぶること .