pedant /ˈpɛdənt/noun 3adjective 1verb 1forms 3 noun3 •A person who makes an excessive or tedious show of their knowledge, especially regarding rules of vocabulary and grammar. •A person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning. •(no longer used) A teacher or schoolmaster. adjective1 •Pedantic. verb1 •(humorous, rare) To be or act as a pedant.[…] as any occasion of going behond^([sic – meaning beyond]) the sea with sombody, or pedanting in some Gentlemans house, &c., for clergy-employment I will accept of none. — 1648 formspedanted · pedanting · pedants
