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English Dictionary: pedantry by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pedantry
n
  1. an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pedantry \Ped"ant*ry\, n. [Cf. F. p[82]danterie.]
      The act, character, or manners of a pedant; vain ostentation
      of learning. [bd]This pedantry of quotation.[b8] --Cowley.
  
               'T is a practice that savors much of pedantry. --Sir T.
                                                                              Browne.
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