pédant French - English

1.

• Englishsententious

• Englishtending to use aphorisms or maxims

• Frenchsentencieux, pédant, pontifiant

2.

• Englishbookish

• Englishcharacterized by a method of expression generally found in books

• Frenchscolaire, pédant, formaliste, littéraire, cuistre

3.

• Englishpedant

• Englishperson overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning

• Frenchpédant

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• Englishpedant

• Englishperson who emphasizes his/her knowledge through the use of vocabulary

• Frenchpédant

4.

• Englishpedantry

• Englishoverly ambitious display of learning

• Frenchpédanterie

5.

• Englishpedantic

• Englishbeing showy of one's knowledge

• Frenchpédant

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• Englishpedantic

• Englishbeing finicky with language

• Frenchpointilleux

• Frenchcheckpédant

6.

• Englishprolix

• Englishtending to use large or obscure words, which few understand

• Frenchpédant, cuistre, savantasse, abstrus, abscons

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