Pedant
21Pedant — A pedant, or pædant, is a person who is overly concerned with formalism and precision, or who makes a show of learning . The corresponding (obsolete) female noun is pedantess. EtymologyThe English language word pedant comes from the French pédant …
22PÉDANT — n. m. Terme dont on se servait pour désigner Ceux qui enseignent les enfants. Un pédant de collège. Les pédants ont gâté cet enfant. Il se dit aujourd’hui de Celui qui fait étalage de son savoir et qui parle doctoralement. La morgue d’un pédant.… …
23Pedant — Paragraphenreiter (umgangssprachlich); Tüpflischisser (schweiz.) (umgangssprachlich); I Tüpferlreiter (österr.) (umgangssprachlich); Paragrafenreiter (umgangssprachlich); Erbsenzähler; Korinthenkacker ( …
24pedant — ped|ant [ˈpednt] n [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: pédant, from Italian pedante, perhaps from Latin paedagogus; PEDAGOGY] someone who pays too much attention to rules or to small unimportant details, especially someone who criticizes other… …
25pedant — [[t]pe̱d(ə)nt[/t]] pedants N COUNT (disapproval) If you say that someone is a pedant, you mean that they are too concerned with unimportant details or traditional rules, especially in connection with academic subjects. I am no pedant and avoid… …
26pedant — UK [ˈped(ə)nt] / US noun [countable] Word forms pedant : singular pedant plural pedants showing disapproval someone who gives too much importance to details and formal rules, especially of grammar …
27pedánt — in pedànt ánta m (ā á; ȁ á) ekspr. zelo natančen človek: bil je velik pedant …
28pédant — n., magister : facheu, za, e pédant d gônye // d grimasse // d manire <faiseur de cérémonies> (Albanais.001). Fra. Faire le magister : fére pédant d gônye // d grimasse // d manîre <faire des cérémonies> (001) …
29Pedant — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 F60.5 Anankastische (zwanghafte) Persönlichkeitsstörung …
30pedant — pedantesque, adj. pedanthood, n. /ped nt/, n. 1. a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning. 2. a person who overemphasizes rules or minor details. 3. a person who adheres rigidly to book knowledge without regard to… …
