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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
What is the opposite of pedant?
what is the opposite of pedant
What is the word for someone that is always correcting others grammar?
An English teacher.A pedant.
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 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.
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 do you call a person who shows off their knowledge?
A person who shows off their knowledge is often referred to as a "know-it-all" or "smart aleck."
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
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.
