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(rare, humorous) A petty pedant, a person who complains about minor mistakes.

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doryphore

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Source Word

doryphore

humorous rare

(rare, humorous) A petty pedant, a person who complains about minor mistakes.

Japanese Meaning

些細な規則やミスにこだわり、文句をつける人 / 小さな誤りを過度に気にする、細かいことにうるさい人

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Don't be such a doryphore, pointing out every tiny typo while the rest of us enjoy the story.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

みんなが物語を楽しんでいる間に、ささいな誤字をいちいち指摘するようなつまらない細かいことにこだわる人になるな。

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(rare, humorous) A petty pedant, a person who complains about minor mistakes.

Often have I tried to supplement my vocabulary by inventing words, such as ‘couth’, or ‘doriphore’, or ‘hypoulic’, feeling that it is the duty as well as the pastime of a professional writer to make two words bloom where only one bloomed before.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

doryphores

（ plural ）

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