Pedant (?), n. [F. pédant, It. pedante, fr. Gr. paideyein to instruct, from pai^s boy. See Pedagogue.] 1. A schoolmaster; a pedagogue. [Obs.] Dryden.
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A pedant that keeps a school i'th' church. Shak.
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2. One who puts on an air of learning; one who makes a vain display of learning; a pretender to superior knowledge. Addison.
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A scholar, yet surely no pedant, was he. Goldsmith.
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