• enPR: pĕdʹənt, IPA: /ˈpɛdənt/

pedant (plural pedants)

1. (archaic) A teacher or schoolmaster.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, John Florio, transl., The Essayes, […], printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821 ↗:

     , vol. 1 ch. 24:

     I have in my youth oftentimes beene vexed to see a Pedant [tr. pedante] brought in, in most of Italian comedies, for a vice or sport-maker, and the nicke-name of Magister to be of no better signification amongst us.

2. A person who emphasizes their knowledge through strict adherence to rules of vocabulary and grammar.
3. A person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.

• French: pédant
• German: Pedant, Pedantin
• Italian: pedante
• Portuguese: pedante
• Russian: педа́нт
• Spanish: pedante

• French: pédant
• Italian: cervellone
• Portuguese: pedante

pedant (not comparable)

1. Pedantic.