Pedantic
101pedagogue — also pedagog noun Etymology: Middle English pedagoge, from Latin paedagogus, from Greek paidagōgos, slave who escorted children to school, from paid ped + agōgos leader, from agein to lead more at agent Date: 14th century teacher, schoolmaster;… …
102pedantry — noun (plural ries) Date: 1612 1. pedantic presentation or application of knowledge or learning 2. an instance of pedantry …
103scholasticism — noun Date: circa 1782 1. capitalized a. a philosophical movement dominant in western Christian civilization from the 9th until the 17th century and combining religious dogma with the mystical and intuitional tradition of patristic philosophy… …
104by turns — phrasal 1. one after another in regular succession 2. variously, alternately < a book that is by turns pedantic, delightful, and infuriating > …
105inkhorn — I. noun Date: 14th century a small portable bottle (as of horn) for holding ink II. adjective Date: 1543 ostentatiously learned ; pedantic < inkhorn terms > …
106mandarin — I. noun Etymology: Portuguese mandarim, from Malay mĕntĕri, from Sanskrit mantrin counselor, from mantra counsel more at mantra Date: 1589 1. a. a public official in the Chinese Empire of any of nine superior grades b. (1) a pedantic official (2) …
107scholastic — I. adjective Etymology: Medieval Latin & Latin; Medieval Latin scholasticus of the schoolmen, from Latin, of a school, from Greek scholastikos, from scholazein to keep a school, from scholē school Date: 1596 1. a. often capitalized of or relating …
108pedantically — adverb see pedantic …
109Autism — This article is about the classic autistic disorder; some writers use the word autism when referring to the range of disorders on the autism spectrum or to the various pervasive developmental disorders.[1] Autism …
110Alfred Jarry — (8 September 1873 ndash; 1 November 1907) was a French writer born in Laval, Mayenne, France, not far from the border of Brittany; he was of Breton descent on his mother s side. Best known for his play Ubu Roi (1896), which is often cited as a… …
