pedant

• n. pedant; nerd; pedant; talker; talker

イタリア語のpedante「先生」、pedant「女衒」から。

pedant (n.)

1580s, "schoolmaster," from Middle French pédant (1560s) or directly from Italian pedante, literally "teacher, schoolmaster," of uncertain origin, apparently an alteration of Late Latin paedagogantem (nominative paedagogans), present participle of paedagogare (see pedagogue). Meaning "person who trumpets minor points of learning" first recorded 1590s.

1. He 's a bit of a pedant .

この人は少し迂回している.

2.I am no pedant and avoid being dogmatic concerning English grammar and expression.私はオタクではありません。英語の文法や表現方法に教条主義的になりたくありません。

3.A man of talent is one thing，and a pedant another.

才能のある人と学問をひけらかす人は違います。

4.Everybody at the meeting is a droning pedant .

会議では誰もが言葉の味気ない空論者だった。

5.He is a perfect type of pedant .

彼は本の虫の典型だ。