All 3 Uses of
pedantic
in
Love's Labour's Lost
- And I,— Forsooth, in love; I, that have been love's whip; A very beadle to a humorous sigh; A critic, nay, a night-watch constable; A domineering pedant o'er the boy, Than whom no mortal so magnificent!†
Scene 3.1pedant = someone too concerned with formal rules, details, or book learning
- He presents Hector of Troy; the swain, Pompey the Great; the parish curate, Alexander; Armado's page, Hercules; the pedant, Judas Maccabaeus: And if these four Worthies in their first show thrive, These four will change habits and present the other five.†
Scene 5.2
- The pedant, the braggart,
Scene 5.2 *pedant = someone too concerned with book learning
Definition:
too concerned with formal rules, details, or book learning