I have in my youth oftentimes beene vexed to see a Pedanttr. pedante brought in, in most of Italian comedies, for a vice or sport-maker, and the nicke-name of Magister to be of no better signification amongst us.
A person who emphasizes his/her knowledge through the use of vocabulary.
puhekieltä A person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.