2007-11-08 20:47:23 · 5 answers · asked by graham a 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
overly concerned with details
2007-11-08 20:50:28 · answer #1 · answered by pepper 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you think someone is pedantic,you think that they are too concerned with unimportant details or traditional rules,especially in connection with academic subjects. For example....His lecture was so pedantic and uninteresting that half of the students left.
2007-11-08 20:56:58 · answer #2 · answered by yogeshwargarg 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
–adjective 1. ostentatious in one's learning.
2. overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, esp. in teaching
2007-11-08 20:50:56 · answer #3 · answered by BaBaBooey 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A person that talks and talks and talks and always wants him or she to be correct and he's or her's point of view is the only truth and right one, and that you always shut up and lessen to.
2007-11-08 20:51:46 · answer #4 · answered by sea link2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bookishly wordy. A bore who is also a know-it-all.
2007-11-08 20:50:57 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.google.ae/search?hl=en&q=define%3Apedantic&meta=
2007-11-08 21:17:34 · answer #6 · answered by Prakruthi Shetty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
www.m-w.com
2007-11-08 20:50:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋