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pedant
noun
(ped-ant)
a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
Synonyms:
bookworm
,
scholastic
,
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bookworm
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scholastic
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hairsplitter
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pedantry
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grammarian
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nitpicker
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prig
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curmudgeon
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snob
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pillock
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luddite
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scribbler
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sophist
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fussbudget
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nincompoop
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dunderhead
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pedantocracy
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pedantism
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punster
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pedantize
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mumbler
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bookman
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jackanapes
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sneery
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fiddlesticks
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solipsist
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twitcher
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wordiness
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poltroon
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fop
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berk
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sarcasms
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split infinitive
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aristo
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simp
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ironist
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ponce
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prolixity
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pathetic fallacy
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churl
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controversialist
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journalese
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prole
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monomaniac
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logicians
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lexicography
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maupassant
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versifier
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prat
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fusspot
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scrivener
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philosophe
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solecism
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flatterer
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griper
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pleb
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englishman
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twit
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autodidact
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grumbler
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dotty
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max beerbohm
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codger
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parti pris
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lexis
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blackguard
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antisemite
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homophones
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etymologist
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guttersnipe
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squiffy
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tuts
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nosy parker
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blockhead
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blighter
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nabokovian
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toff
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prissy
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ungrammatically
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circumlocution
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flibbertigibbet
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diphthong
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punctiliousness
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schwa
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sluggard
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polymath
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empiricist
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sayer
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boor
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freethinker
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hemingwayesque
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knave
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old codger
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franglais
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poesy
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arriviste
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rotter
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pedant
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