Etymological root
pedante
Italian
Words from this root(3)
pedant
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/ˈpɛdənt/
a person who is overly concerned with minor rules and details
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pedantical
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/pɪˈdæntɪkəl/
marked by a tedious, narrow concern for formal correctness
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pedantically
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/pɪˈdæntɪkli/
in an overly precise or rule-bound manner
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