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pedant

/ˈpɛd.ənt/

pedantsubstantiv

pedants

Pl.

/ˈpɛd.ənt/

Übersetzungen

He is such a pedant when it comes to grammar.

Он такой педант, когда дело касается грамматики.

Definitionen

A person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning.

The meeting was delayed because the pedant in the group insisted on discussing every minute detail of the proposal.

(historical, obsolete) A schoolteacher or tutor, especially one regarded as strict or pedantic.

The young boy's parents hired a pedant to teach him Greek and rhetoric.

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