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Meaning of word pedant from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

pedant noun

Meaning : A person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit.

Synonyms : bookworm, scholastic

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sugar (noun)
A white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative.

palatalized (adjective)
Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin').

lumbering (noun)
The trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber.

os palatinum (noun)
Either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits.

palsgrave (noun)
(Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands.

palatine (noun)
Any of various important officials in ancient Rome.

palatalised (adjective)
Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin').

palatine bone (noun)
Either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits.

wick (noun)
Any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action.

palatal (noun)
A semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast').