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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 pe·dan·tic /pɪˈdæntɪk/
 (a.)賣弄學問的,炫學者,假裝學者的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pe·dan·tic Pe·dan·tic·al a. Of or pertaining to a pedant; characteristic of, or resembling, a pedant; ostentatious of learning; as, a pedantic writer; a pedantic description; a pedantical affectation. “Figures pedantical.”
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 pedantic
      adj : marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
            especially its trivial aspects [syn: academic, donnish]