Adjective: pedantic pu'dan-tik
- Over-concerned with technical accuracy of minor details or with obeying rules to the letter
"His pedantic corrections of grammar mistakes irritated his colleagues"
- Marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning, esp. trivial aspects and overly fine distinctions
"All his life he went on making pedantic jokes";
- academic, donnish
See also: scholarly
Encyclopedia: Pedantic