PEDANTIC
ADVERBS
1590 ► DUNSTICALLY in the manner of a dunce; in a dull, pedantic, or stupid way → obs.
NOUNS, PERSON
1866 ► FALDERAL a pedantic giddy person → Sc.
20C ► QUILT a petulant, pedantic, pernickety man → Irish sl.
2006 ► COMMA-COUNTER a pedantic person; a pedantic copy editor → US sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
1866 ► FALDERAL to make trifling excuses; to behave in a giddy, pedantic manner → Sc.
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