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PEDANTIC

pe�dan�tic (p-dntk) adj.

Characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules: a pedantic attention to details.
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pe�danti�cal�ly adv.
Synonyms: pedantic, academic, bookish, donnish, scholastic
These adjectives mean marked by a narrow, often tiresome focus on or display of learning and especially its trivial aspects: a pedantic writing style; an academic insistence on precision; a bookish vocabulary; donnish refinement of speech; scholastic and excessively subtle reasoning.

(Source: The American Heritage� Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Pe*dan"tic, Pedantical Pe*dan"tic*al, a. 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

(Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, � 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.)

adj : marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects [syn: academic, donnish]

(Source: WordNet � 1.6, � 1997 Princeton University)

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