ped·ant /ˈpɛdṇt/
炫學者,自誇學者的人,空談家
Ped·ant n.
1. A schoolmaster; a pedagogue. [Obs.]
A pedant that keeps a school i'th' church. --Shak.
2. One who puts on an air of learning; one who makes a vain display of learning; a pretender to superior knowledge.
A scholar, yet surely no pedant, was he. --Goldsmith.
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pedant
n : a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book
learning than they merit [syn: bookworm, scholastic]