pe·dan·tic
[puh-dan-tik] Show IPA
adjective
1.
ostentatious in one’s learning.
2.
overly concerned with minute details or formalisms,especially in teaching.
Watching Midnight in Paris, this word came up twice. Using context clues, I kind of figured out what it was, but I figured, why not actually find the definition.
And as I was reading that (^) definition, I realized, I never did look up the meaning for the word ‘Ostentatious:’
os·ten·ta·tious/ˌästənˈtāSHəs/
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Yup. Context clues is where its at.
AljaTheWriter 