D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Pedantic

/pə-dăn'tĭk/ · Pe·dan·tic · IPA /pəˈdæn.tɪk/
01 a. Of or pertaining to a pedant; characteristic of, or resembling, a pedant; ostentatious of learning; as, a pedantic writer; a pedantic descr…
  1. 1.
    Of or pertaining to a pedant; characteristic of, or resembling, a pedant; ostentatious of learning; as, a pedantic writer; a pedantic description; a pedantical affectation.