learned a new word yesterday.

the kids said their science teacher said they were "pedant" - but in a good way.  i suppose i would agree.  the usage has been slipping since the 1800s.  maybe we can bring it back. who's in? 

  

pedant

ˈpɛd(ə)nt/

noun

noun: pedant; plural noun: pedants

1. a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning.

   "the royal palace (some pedants would say the ex-royal palace)"

   synonyms:

   dogmatist, purist, literalist, formalist, doctrinaire; More

Origin

late 16th century: from French pédant, from Italian pedante, perhaps from the first element of Latin paedogogus (see pedagogue).

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