noun
- a person who is excessively concerned with minor details or rules or with displaying academic learning
Usage: often derogatory
Examples
- The teacher was such a pedant that he corrected every tiny grammar mistake.
- Don’t be a pedant about the formatting rules.
- She’s a pedant who insists on following every procedure exactly.
- The pedant in the group always had to show off his knowledge.
- His pedantic nature made him unpopular with his coworkers.
- The editor was known as a pedant for his attention to punctuation details.