Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pædant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pæ-dant
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete spelling of pedant.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"It being, by the Renowned Author’s Lucubrations, a book no leſs uſeful for him, then is Horace or Homer for a Pædant, or a Breviary for a Romiſh Prieſt."
"For my part, I laugh at thoſe Pædants, that have no ſtronger arguments to prove what they ſay, then to alledge, that ’tis a Maxim, as if their Maxims were more certain, than their other propoſitions."
"An Amorous Pædant at the same Time whips And makes Adresses to the School Boys hipes[…]"
"The Clergy & Pædants will never endure it."
"But the next Spring your just Sentence ſhall be duly executed, and I will employ all my Bolts on the Heads of theſe preſumptuous Pædants."

Etymology

From the association of Italian pedante with unrelated Italian pedagogo (Latin paedagōgus).

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: pedante

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

pædants (plural)

Questions

What does pædant mean?: Obsolete spelling of pedant.
Where does pædant come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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