pedantic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
    academic; donnish.

WordNet

Pe*dan"tic, Pe*dan"tic*al adjective (Also<
  • Pedantic
  • Pedantical
)
Definitions
  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. "Figures pedantical." Shak.

Webster 1913