Ped″ant‐ry (?), n. [Cf. F. pédanterie.] The act, character, or manners of a pedant; vain ostentation of learning. “This pedantry of quotation.” Cowley.
'T is a practice that savors much of pedantry. Sir T. Browne.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.