ˈpedənt n. 1 a
person who insists on
strict adherence to
formal rules or
literal meaning at
the expense of a wider
view. 2 a person who rates
academic learning or
technical knowledge above everything. 3 a person who is obsessed by a
theory; a
doctrinaire. øøpedantic adj. pedantically adv. pedantize v.intr. & tr. (also -ise). pedantry n. (pl. -ies). [F p÷dant f.
It. pedante: app. formed as PEDAGOGUE]