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

comparably pedantic

When two assholes try to out-asshole each other in an Internet bitch fight.

"If your statement was never supposed to be read as anything more than a synonym for 'Russia is not good and not our friend' then sorry for being comparably pedantic, I guess.

by JormanThoad February 24, 2017