8 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
adjective marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
originEtymology tree English pedant Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English pedantic From pedant + -ic.
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