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Being overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning, like a pedant. / Being finicky or fastidious, especially with language.

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pedantic

Source Word

pedantic

IPA(Pronunciation)

Adjective

Japanese Meaning

形式的なルールや些細な知識の細部に過剰にこだわる様子 / 学識を誇示するような、知識ばかりに固執する様子 / 細かい言葉遣いや表現に対して過敏なほどに厳しくなりすぎる態度

His pedantic comments about citation format derailed the lively discussion.

彼の参考文献の形式に関する細かすぎる指摘が、その活発な議論を脱線させた。

Sense（1）

Being overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning, like a pedant.

Sense（2）

Being finicky or fastidious, especially with language.

Sense（3）

Being showy of one’s knowledge, often in a boring manner.

more pedantic

（ comparative ）

most pedantic

（ superlative ）