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Adjective: pedantic  pu'dan-tik
  1. Over-concerned with technical accuracy of minor details or with obeying rules to the letter
     
  2. Marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning, esp. trivial aspects and overly fine distinctions
    "All his life he went on making pedantic jokes";
    - academic, donnish

See also: scholarly

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