Vocabulary Word Fic Prompts

This week's word is




/pɪˈdænt·ɪk/



adjective
Caring too much about unimportant rules or details and not enough about understanding or appreciating a subject.

"Professor Harris had a narrow, pedantic approach to history that put us to sleep."

Someone who's too concerned with literal accuracy or formality. It's a negative term that implies someone is showing off book learning or trivia, especially in a tiresome way. You don't want to go antique-shopping with a pedantic friend, who will use the opportunity to bore you with his in-depth knowledge of 18th-century porcelain kitty-litter boxes.


(From Cambridge Dictionary and Dictionary.com)