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Some synonyms are bluestocking, bookworm, doctrinaire, dogmatist, egghead, methodologist, or pedagogue. (Or if you're really feeling informal, a dork.)
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Is there Another word for excessive concern with detail?
Pedant
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Is there Another word for excessive concern with detail?
Pedant
What is the opposite of pedant?
what is the opposite of pedant
What is the pedants farcical situation in The Taming of the Shrew?
The pedant is inveigled into impersonating Lucentio's father Vincentio. When the real Vincentio shows up, the pedant, not recognizing him, insists that he, the pedant, is in fact Vincentio.
Can you use pedant in a sentence?
I saw my girlfriend wearing a beautiful pedant around her neck. Oops, I think that should be "pendant", something that hangs. To use "pedant": Oh, don't ask her, she'll insist you don't split your infinitives! She's such a pedant.
What is petty scholar?
pedant
A word for an unnecessary display of knowledge?
pedantry - ostentatious display of knowledge pedant - Being showy of one's knowledge i think the use of this word also meets the definition.
In French what does pedant mean?
a know-allor: pedantic
Who harasses vincentio at the window of his son's house?
Pedant
What is the word for someone that is always correcting others grammar?
A person who constantly corrects others' grammar is often referred to as a grammar Nazi.
Where does pedantic come frome?
There is an Old French word, 'pedant' and an Italian word 'pedante' meaning teacher or schoolmaster. Derived from late Latin 'Paedgegogentum' which translates as a person who trumpets minor points of learning pints
Can you give an example of a sentence using pedant?
This means someone who pays too much attention to rules and book learning, or shows off his education ostentatiously. Here are some sentences.I'm tired of listening to him brag about his grades; he's just a pedant.A pedant is usually an annoying person.
In Taming of a shrew what is a pendant?
A pendant is a necklace. However, the word "pendant" does not appear in the play; the word you are looking for is "pedant", a scholar (hence our word pedantic). This particular scholar has come from Mantua and is planning to continue his journey to Rome and eventually to Tripoli. He is fooled into thinking that he has to conceal his nationality because Mantuans are no longer welcome in Padua, and therefore he has to impersonate Lucentio's father Vincentio.
