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pedantry |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pedantry \Ped"ant*ry\, n. [Cf. F. p['e]danterie.] The act character, or manners of a pedant; vain ostentation of learning. ``This pedantry of quotation.'' --Cowley. 'T is a practice that savors much of pedantry. --Sir T. Browne. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pedantry n : a ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning
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