All 4 Uses of
pedantic
in
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- But I have been pedantically exact, as you call it.
p. 10.5 *pedantically = with too much concern for details or book learning
- I never saw a man so distressed as you were by my will; unless it were that hide-bound pedant, Lanyon, at what he called my scientific heresies.
p. 25.3pedant = someone too concerned with formal rules, details, or book learning
- Oh, I know he's a good fellow—you needn't frown—an excellent fellow, and I always mean to see more of him; but a hide-bound pedant for all that; an ignorant, blatant pedant.
p. 25.4
- Oh, I know he's a good fellow—you needn't frown—an excellent fellow, and I always mean to see more of him; but a hide-bound pedant for all that; an ignorant, blatant pedant.
p. 25.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(pedantic) too concerned with formal rules, details, or book learning
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In historic literature, you may see pedant used as a synonym for school teacher.