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Pedantic Common

Pedantic has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects

2

Like a pedant, overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.

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Origin

The word comes from the Latin pedant, originally referring to a schoolmaster, combined with the suffix -ic. It was later adopted into English to describe someone who is overly concerned with minor details or rules.

Rhyming Words
tic otic etic ictic mutic lotic attic ontic istic vatic octic latic metic artic ustic matic votic retic optic nitic
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