ETYM French pédant, Italian pedante, from Greek paideia to instruct, from pais boy. Related to Pedagogue.
A person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit; SYN. bookworm, scholastic.
Person making display of his or her learning; learned person paying excessive attention to details; precisian.
Zanovetalo, zakeralo.
Čovek koji preteruje u tačnosti, koji i najbeznačajnijim sitnicama pridaje važnost kao da su najkrupnije stvari, cepidlaka, sitničar. (fr.)