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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary pe·dan·tic \\pi-ˈdan-tik\\ adjective DATE circa 1600 1. of, relating to, or being a pedant 2. narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned 3. unimaginative, pedestrian • pe·dan·ti·cal·ly \\-ˈdan-ti-k(ə-)lē\\ adverb English Etymology pedantic formed in English c.1600, from pedant (q.v.) + -ic. The Fr.equivalent is pédantesque. Perhaps first attested in John Donne's "Sunne Rising," where he bids the morning sun let his love and him linger in bed, telling it, "Sawcy pedantique wretch, goe chide Late schooleboyes." Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 pedantic pe·dan·tic / pi5dAntik / adjective (disapproving)too worried about small details or rules 迂腐的；学究气的 • pe·dan·tic·al·ly / -kli / adv. Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged pe·dan·tic \pə̇ˈdantik, -daan-, -tēk\ adjective Etymology: pedant + -ic : marked by pedantry: as a. : ostentatiously learned < the pedantic style, the profuse classical quotations — J.R.Green > b. : narrowly academic < the intellectual life that remained came to be pedantic … rather than humane and broad — J.T.Adams > c. : unimaginative , pedestrian < dull pedantic minds — Lewis Mumford > d. : excessively meticulous < a pedantic speaker — G.A.Kennedy > e. : formalistic < the living Bach as opposed to the dry and pedantic Bach — A.E.Wier > • pe·dan·ti·cal·ly \-tə̇k(ə)lē, -tēk-, -li\ adverb |
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