Pedantry

created by Webster 1913
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:52:14

Ped"ant*ry (?), n. [Cf. F. p'edanterie.]

The act, character, or manners of a pedant; vain ostentation of learning.

"This pedantry of quotation."

Cowley.

'T is a practice that savors much of pedantry. Sir T. Browne.

 

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