pedant

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈpɛdənt/

Noun

archaic

A person who makes an excessive or tedious show of their knowledge, especially regarding rules of vocabulary and grammar.

Japanese Meaning

知識、特に語彙や文法の規則について、過度に自慢する人。 / 自分の知識を誇示するために、しつこく詳しく説明する人。

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

会議中、学者ぶる人が発表者の些細な文法の誤りを訂正するために遮り、用法の厳格さにこだわって人々を苛立たせた。

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Sense（1）

A person who makes an excessive or tedious show of their knowledge, especially regarding rules of vocabulary and grammar.

Sense（2）

A person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.

Sense（3）

(archaic) A teacher or schoolmaster.

, vol. 1 ch. 24:

I have in my youth oftentimes beene vexed to see a Pedant [tr. pedante] brought in, in most of Italian comedies, for a vice or sport-maker, and the nicke-name of Magister to be of no better signification amongst us.

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pedants

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