Vocabulary Word
Word: pedant
Definition: scholar who overemphasizes book learning, trivial details of learning, or technicalities
Definition: scholar who overemphasizes book learning, trivial details of learning, or technicalities
Sentences Containing 'pedant'
It would be hard to conceive of anything more vapid than the style and conception of these letters; clearly the man was a pedant without imagination or taste.
More Vocab Words
::: perpetuate - make perpetual; make something last for a long time; preserve from extinction; N. perpetuity::: unceremonious - not done politely without due formalities
::: pretension - pretentiousness; claim (without foundation); Ex. I make no pretensions to skill as an artist.
::: entreat - plead; ask earnestly
::: resumption - taking up again; recommencement; V. resume: begin or take up again; take or occupy again; Ex. Kindly resume your seats.
::: hoary - white with age
::: delude - deceive
::: demoniac - (demoniacal) fiendish; cruel; N. demon: evil supernatural being; devil
::: euphemism - mild expression in place of an unpleasant one; ADJ. euphemistic
::: kindred - related; belonging to the same group; similar in nature or character; Ex. kindred languages; N: relative; kin; kinship
