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Detail of beadwork from an Ojibwe medicine pouch

Thursday, November 15, 2007

I don't know...

What is a pedant? Is that a slave or something?

7 comments:

manlove7 said...

Isn;t that like soe kind of sticker or something?

Macie said...

i think its someone who is like really smart and shows off how smart his is excessively and obnoxiously.

Ben Schwertz said...

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Laurie said...

This is what dictionary.com said...
ped·ant
1. a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning.
2. a person who overemphasizes rules or minor details.
3. a person who adheres rigidly to book knowledge without regard to common sense.
4. Obsolete. a schoolmaster.

Laurie said...

I liked Ben's comment. It's enlightening.

Anonymous said...

i think in regard to the play it is teh first defention of laurie's defention

Laurie said...

Ok, I've got the answer. It says on page 76 that a "pedant" is a "schoolmaster." It's footnote 63.