Pedant

ped′ant, n. one who makes a vain display of learning: a pretender to knowledge which he does not po e : ( Shak. ) a pedagogue.— adjs. Pedant′ic , -al , displaying knowledge for the sake of showing.— adv. Pedant′ically , in a pedantic manner.— ns. Pedant′icism , Ped′antism .— v.i. Ped′antise , to play the pedant.— ns. Pedantoc′racy , government by pedants; Ped′antry , acts, manners, or character of a pedant: vain display of learning: ( Swift ) the overrating of any kind of knowledge we pretend to. [Fr.,—It. pedante —L. pædagogan s, -antis , teaching— pædagogus , a pedagogue.]