adj .
boring scholarly or academic 지루할 정도로 학구적인 또는 학문적인

• The discussion quickly turned pedantic as each participants tried to sound more learned than all the others.
• Percival's feelings about love were mostly pedantic ; he'd red about love in books but had never really encountered in his life.
• The professor's interpretation of the poem was pedantic and empty of genuine feeling.
• A pedantic person is called pedant. A pedant is fond of pedantry.