Can Pedantry Be an Adjective?

ostentatious in one's learning. overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching.

Is pedantry a noun or verb?

noun, plural ped·ant·ries. the character, qualities, practices, etc., of a pedant, especially undue display of learning. slavish attention to rules, details, etc.

How do you use the word pedantry?

Pedantry sentence example
  1. His poems are elegant and free from the conceits and pedantry of the earlier writers. ...
  2. Learning, indeed, was often ridiculed as pedantry in a gentleman of good family.
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