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Pedantry is the adjective form of the 1580s English word pedant, which meant a male schoolteacher at the time. [3] The word pedant originated from the French word for "schoolmaster," pédant, in the 1560s, or from the Italian word for "teacher, schoolmaster," pedante.
In psychiatry, stilted speech or pedantic speech [1] is communication characterized by situationally inappropriate formality. [2] This formality can be expressed both through abnormal prosody [ 3 ] as well as speech content that is "inappropriately pompous, legalistic, philosophical, or quaint". [ 4 ]
A nerd is a person seen as overly intellectual, obsessive, introverted, or lacking social skills.Such a person may spend inordinate amounts of time on unpopular, little known, or non-mainstream activities, which are generally either highly technical, abstract, or relating to niche topics such as science fiction or fantasy, to the exclusion of more mainstream activities.
It was an important item for many scholars, which soon became symbolic of writers in general. Later, it became a byword for fussy or pedantic writers. [1] The phrase "inkhorn term" is found as early as 1553. [2] And ere that we will suffer such a prince, So kind a father of the commonweal, To be disgracèd by an inkhorn mate
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In 1685, the definition evolved from the literal to the figurative, and eccentric is noted to have begun being used to describe unconventional or odd behavior. A noun form of the word – a person who possesses and exhibits these unconventional or odd qualities and behaviors – appeared by 1832.
Another meaning, relating to flatulence, is from Latin pēdō (infinitive pēdere, 'to fart'). It does not appear in English except in loan words but is the root for words referring to flatulation in several Western languages, often in modified form such as pet-Petard, an obsolete type of bomb used for breaching walls and gates
In these works he labeled a dull person as a "Bromide" contrasted with a "Sulphite" who was the opposite. Bromides meant either the boring person himself or the boring statement of that person, with Burgess providing many examples. This usage persisted through the 20th century into the 21st century.