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6 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
originFrom Middle French pedant, pedante, from Italian pedante (“a teacher, schoolmaster, pedant”), associated with unrelated Italian pedagogo (“teacher, pedagogue”). Compare French pédant.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0