pedantic

pedantic是一个形容词，意思是“卖弄学问的，迂腐的，过分讲究细节的”。它来自拉丁语的pedant，意思是“教师，学究”，又来自意大利语的pedante，意思是“教师，学究”，又来自晚期拉丁语的paedagogans，意思是“教导的”，又来自希腊语的paidagōgos，意思是“教育者”。它通常用于形容那些过分关注形式规则和琐碎知识点，或者以无聊的方式炫耀自己的知识的人。例如：

• He was a pedantic lecturer who bored his students with trivial facts.

• She corrected his grammar in a pedantic manner.

• He had a pedantic obsession with details and accuracy.

pedantic的近义词有：

• didactic：来自希腊语的didaktikos，意思是“教学的，说教的”，又来自希腊语的didaktos，意思是“可教的”，又来自希腊语的didaskō，意思是“教导”。例句：He wrote a didactic poem about the virtues of hard work.

• dogmatic：来自拉丁语的dogmaticus，意思是“哲学上的，教义上的”，又来自希腊语的dogmatikos，意思是“观点的，信条的”，又来自希腊语的dogma，意思是“观点，信条”。例句：She was a dogmatic person who refused to listen to other opinions.

• academic：来自拉丁语的academicus，意思是“属于雅典学院的”，又来自希腊语的akadēmikos，意思是“属于雅典学院的”，又来自Akadēmeia，意思是“柏拉图创立的哲学学院”。例句：He was an academic scholar who published many papers on ancient history.