pedant

Noun
  1. A person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit (synset 110431101)
    is a type of: bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
    subtypes: purist - someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words)
    same as: bookworm, scholastic

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