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Pedantic, unimaginative and presumptuous, Theobald was the logical choice for a Dunce King in 1728.
A LETTER FROM MR. CIBBER TO MR. POPECOLLEY CIBBERA pedantic fellow called for a bottle of hock at a tavern, which the waiter, not hearing distinctly, asked him to repeat.
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUSHe is no longer pedantic; he no longer makes vulgar allusions, but only fears that they might be made.
SAMUEL RICHARDSON'S INTRODUCTION TO PAMELASAMUEL RICHARDSONThe ages in which they flourished attached no value to pedantic displays of learning paraded in foot-notes.
BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME IJOHN LORDThere was Sir James Smith, the botanist, made much of and really not pedantic and vulgar like the rest, but weak and irritable.
EAST ANGLIAJ. EWING RITCHIEI do not like to be made game of, because I am aware that I am naturally pedantic.
PAUL PATOFFF. MARION CRAWFORDHe is, upon the whole, a very worthy man, though rather pedantic in his way.
THE SHEEPFOLD AND THE COMMON, VOL. II (OF 2)TIMOTHY EASTIt is due to two causes—the natural development of the language, and the pedantic interference of the learned.
THE SOUNDS OF SPOKEN ENGLISHWALTER RIPPMANNUpon which another character concludes the play with a pedantic definition of the word “gentleman,” and morality is satisfied.
THE ENGLISH STAGEAUGUSTIN FILONHe had a thirst for knowledge, of which he possessed not a little, but was somewhat pedantic.
THE CONFESSIONS OF J. J. ROUSSEAU, COMPLETEJEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAUWORDS RELATED TO PEDANTIC
- apish
- artificial
- assumed
- awkward
- campy
- chichi
- conceited
- contrived
- counterfeit
- counterfeited
- faked
- false
- feigned
- fraud
- gone Hollywood
- ham
- hammy
- high falutin'
- hollow
- imitated
- insincere
- melodramatic
- ostentatious
- overdone
- pedantic
- phony
- playacting
- pompous
- precious
- pretended
- pretentious
- put-on
- schmaltzy
- self-conscious
- shallow
- sham
- simulated
- spurious
- stiff
- stilted
- studied
- superficial
- theatrical
- unnatural
- apish
- artificial
- assumed
- awkward
- campy
- chichi
- conceited
- contrived
- counterfeit
- counterfeited
- faked
- false
- feigned
- fraud
- gone Hollywood
- ham
- hammy
- high falutin'
- hollow
- imitated
- insincere
- mannered
- melodramatic
- ostentatious
- overdone
- pedantic
- phony
- playacting
- pompous
- precious
- pretended
- pretentious
- put-on
- schmaltzy
- self-conscious
- shallow
- sham
- simulated
- spurious
- stiff
- stilted
- studied
- superficial
- theatrical
- unnatural
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.