Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PED'ANT
PE-DA'NE-OUSPE-DANT'IC, or PE-DANT'IC-AL
PED'ANT, n. [Fr. pedant; It. Sp. and Port. pedante. See Pedagogue.]
- A schoolmaster. – Shak.
- A person who makes a vain display of his learning. – Addison.
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