pedante

adj.

1 pretentious.

2 pedantic, vain, bookish, pedant.

f. & m.

1 pretentious person.

2 pedant, dry-as-dust, dryasdust, popinjay.

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pedante

► adjetivo

1 pedantic, pompous

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 pedant

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1.

ADJ [gen] pedantic; (=pomposo) pompous, conceited

2.

SMF pedant

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I

adjetivo pedantic

II

masculino y femenino pedant

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= pompous, pedant, pedantic, pretentious, hyfoluted, snobbish, snobby [snobbier -comp., snobbiest -sup.], snob, hoity-toity, portentous.

Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.

Ex. Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.

Ex. He didn't react quite as strongly as Voltaire, but he thought it poor stuff: artificial, pedantic, dull.

Ex. Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.

Ex. I can believe that changing the logo broke some hyfoluted view ofthe library.

Ex. It was possible to identify 3 main groups who display 3 different types of attitude -- participative, delegative and 'snobbish'.

Ex. Every one looked like death warmed up, including the snobby staff who I found far from welcoming.

Ex. The biggest faux pas according to snobs who take such things seriously is calling a sofa a couch or a setee.

Ex. It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.

Ex. He is described in the play as a "rather portentous man in his middle fifties but rather provincial in his speech'.

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I

adjetivo pedantic

II

masculino y femenino pedant

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= pompous, pedant, pedantic, pretentious, hyfoluted, snobbish, snobby [snobbier -comp., snobbiest -sup.], snob, hoity-toity, portentous.

Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.

Ex: Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.

Ex: He didn't react quite as strongly as Voltaire, but he thought it poor stuff: artificial, pedantic, dull.

Ex: Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.

Ex: I can believe that changing the logo broke some hyfoluted view ofthe library.

Ex: It was possible to identify 3 main groups who display 3 different types of attitude -- participative, delegative and 'snobbish'.

Ex: Every one looked like death warmed up, including the snobby staff who I found far from welcoming.

Ex: The biggest faux pas according to snobs who take such things seriously is calling a sofa a couch or a setee.

Ex: It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.

Ex: He is described in the play as a "rather portentous man in his middle fifties but rather provincial in his speech'.

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pedante¹

adjective

(detallista) pedantic; (presuntuoso) pompous

pedante²

masculine and feminine

pedant

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pedante adjetivo
pedantic
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
pedant
pedante
I adjetivo pedantic
II mf pedant
'pedante' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
repipi
English:
fastidious
- pedantic
- should

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pedante

♦ adj

pretentious

♦ nmf

pretentious person

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pedante

I adj

1 (perfeccionista) pedantic

2 (presuntuoso) pretentious

II m/f

1 (perfeccionista) pedant

2 (presuntuoso) pretentious individual

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pedante adj

: pedantic

pedante nmf

: pedant