pedant:
(plural: ‘pedants‘; for the right pronunciation, please click here)
a pedant (R) pointing out some grammar rules
a person who pays too much attention to book learning and to very simple, unimportant and formal rules, for example, a pedant is very particular about using a comma (,) before the word ‘and’ in a list of things — “I need some paper, a pen, a pencil, and a clip-board.”;
a bookworm;
a person who tries to show off his or her knowledge/learning openly though he/she is not actually well-educated;
(old usage) a schoolmaster,
a pedant particular about typos
e.g.
Though he is a pedant, always reading some book or the other , he does not have much understanding and practical experience of the life in the street.
Most of us used to think that our History teacher was a pedant and a bore.
In the old days, pedants had some privileges that they misused.
