pedant in Japanese
pedant in Japanese is 衒学者 — pedant means a person who makes an excessive or tedious show of their knowledge, especially regarding rules of vocabulary and grammar.
pedant in Japanese
衒学者
Pronounced: gengakusha
A person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.
What does "pedant" mean?
- noun A person who makes an excessive or tedious show of their knowledge, especially regarding rules of vocabulary and grammar.
- noun A person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.
- noun A teacher or schoolmaster.
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What is "pedant" in Japanese?
"pedant" in Japanese is 衒学者. pedant means: A person who makes an excessive or tedious show of their knowledge, especially regarding rules of vocabulary and grammar.
How do you pronounce 衒学者?
"pedant" in Japanese is 衒学者, pronounced "gengakusha".
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