Pe-dānt'ic or Pe-dānt'ic-al, a.

a. [Cf. Fr. pédantesque, Sp. & It. pedantesco.] Suiting, belonging to, or resembling a pedant; ostentatious of learning; vainly displaying or making a show of knowledge.

Three-piled hyperboles, spruce affectation, Figures pedantical. Shak.