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- Italian · derived frompedante
- English todaypædant
From the association of Italian pedante with unrelated Italian pedagogo (Latin paedagōgus).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
pædant
Italian pedante
From the association of Italian pedante with unrelated Italian pedagogo (Latin paedagōgus).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.