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pedant - Dictionary definition and meaning for pedant

PEDANT

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  • (noun) a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit

    synonyms : bookworm , scholastic

    Our teacher was such a pedant that we lost interest in her classes very soon. -added by naila_inlas

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Mnemonics for pedant

  • (Tag: English) Pedant rhymes with PATENT. Usually those students get PATENT who do research. Since they do research they must be scholar.

    added by yogendraghatpande    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: hindi) "pendant of books" har waqt books latkake ghoomta rehta hai... "kitaabi keeda"

    added by studyabroad.us    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: rhyme) pedant rhymes with student. Think of a special kind of student.

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  • (Tag: hindi rhyme) rhyme with VED+AANTH ..jo Veda ko aanth tak padhta ho matlab ki SCHOLAR,kitabi keera

    added by killer0061    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) (ped + ant)remember as padaai karne wali cheeti(ant).ie scholar

    added by iet.saket@gmail.com    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: English) remeber pendant- it is small but also if lost you will worry about it. hence the meaning

    added by logic87    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: hindi rhyme) rhymes with VEDAANT(hindi)..jo jo vaada aanth tak padhe i.e. scholar,kitabi keera

    added by killer0061    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) ped(read as pad in hindi) + ant (small) -> so the one who is very small in "padai" so who is not very much capable of teaching on his own, so gives emphasis on book learning.

    added by cp.jethani    editEdit Mnemonic

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