Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Pedant

noun: someone who shows off learning

The graduate instructor;s tedious and excessive commentary on the subject soon gained her a reputation as a pedant.

The people who ask five minute long questions at Mershon, that seem to include their dissertation are very much pedants.

Synonyms: doctrinaire, nit-picker, pedagogue, scholar, schoolmaster, sophist.


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