pedantic
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formal Collocations, precise Collocations, pompous, ostentatious of learning, punctilious, bookish, didactic, finicky, egotistic, pernickety, fussy Collocations
pedanticUK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/pɪˈdæntɪk/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/pəˈdæntɪk/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(pə dan′tik) pedantic WordReference English Thesaurus © 2025 Recent forum discussions about thesaurus entries: Am I being pedantic in/if - English Only forum
gelastic: pedantic/big word? - English Only forum He hated 'the pedantic dissection' of literature. - English Only forum meticulous, fastidious, pedantic - English Only forum pedant, pedantic - English Only forum Pedantic - English Only forum Pedantic vs fastidious - English Only forum Stickler for cleanliness, pedantic when it comes to, - English Only forum too pedantic that the students can love him [=for the students to love him?] - English Only forum
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