pedantical

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /pɪˈdæntɪkəl/ UK /pɪˈdæntɪkəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
marked by a tedious, narrow concern for formal correctness

His pedantical corrections wearied the entire seminar.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · marked by a tedious, narrow... pedantic fussy punctilioushairsplittingbookish didactic

Word family

Derived forms pedantically

Related forms pedant pedantry pedantic

Etymology

From pedant + -ical. Pedant is from Italian pedante ('schoolmaster'), of uncertain ultimate origin.

pedante Italian

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives Register & Style

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# pedantical

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /pɪˈdæntɪkəl/
**IPA (UK):** /pɪˈdæntɪkəl/

## Meanings
1. marked by a tedious, narrow concern for formal correctness

## Examples
- His pedantical corrections wearied the entire seminar.

## Synonyms
- pedantic
- fussy
- punctilious
- hairsplitting
- bookish
- didactic

## Derived Forms
- pedantically

## Related Forms
- pedant
- pedantry
- pedantic

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: pedante

## Etymology
From pedant + -ical. Pedant is from Italian pedante ('schoolmaster'), of uncertain ultimate origin.

## AI Etymology
Pedantical is from pedant + -ical. Pedant is from Italian pedante ('schoolmaster'), of uncertain ultimate origin. Important recorded forms include pedante (Italian). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers marked by a tedious, narrow concern for formal correctness. The wider family includes derived forms such as pedantically and related words such as pedant, pedantry, and pedantic.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- Register & Style

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