All 3 Uses

pedantic
in
The Impossible Knife of Memory
(Edited)

Mr. Diaz, who really needs to work on his anger management issues, yelled at me for disrupting his class with what he called my 'pedantic quibbles.'
p. 151.9 *

pedantic = excessive concern for details
Then this idiot named Kyle lost it because he thought 'pedantic' meant the same thing as 'pedophile,' and I sort of melted down a little.
p. 151.9

pedantic = excessive concern for formal rules, details, or book learning
And I wasn't being pedantic or quibbling.
p. 152.1

pedantic = excessively concerned with formal rules, details, or book learning

Definitions:

(1) (pedantic)
too concerned with formal rules, details, or book learning
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
In historic literature, you may see pedant used as a synonym for school teacher.