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pedant

/'pədænt/

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noun
a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
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bookworm scholastic

type of:
bookman scholar scholarly person student

Definition that contains pedant

scourge a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
pedantically in a pedantic manner
nonliterary marked by lack of affectation or pedantry
flagellum a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
unliterary marked by lack of affectation or pedantry