Pedant

A person is obsessed with trying to be smart but is incredibly annoying in the process

Me: Sam is a dumb dumb
Sam: you have to use the word pedant in the dictionary example

by Sam is a dumb dumbdumb l July 9, 2020

pedantic

Showing one's intelligence more than is necessary.

David Pearce could be pedantic if he so chose.

by Larstait November 15, 2003

pedantic

someone who does things "by the book" to an extent that it overrides intuition

that's one bad teacher, she's so pedantic

by spliffsmoker August 7, 2011

pedant

A dogmatic ergo annoying person

Maddy exemplifies one perfectly

by Timothy June 17, 2005

Pedantical

The act of being pedantic.

Mark: You can't place two cards down in uno!
Toby: Stop being pedantical dude.

by fleshinragz September 21, 2022

pedantic

A tendency toward involuntary discovery of evidence suggesting widespread ignorance and/or ineptitude, esp. with regard to linguistic communication.

There were days when Lisa's instinctive pedantry threatened to overwhelm her.

by Marquis Francois X. de Marzipan February 22, 2004

pedanter

Pedantic banter

K got a lot of pedanter from pedants for subtle grammatical errors in her emails

by pastanoodle February 23, 2011