As nouns the difference between pedant and sumpsimus
is that
pedant is schoolmaster while
sumpsimus is adherence to or persistence in using a strictly correct term in rejection of a more common (but technically incorrect) form.
As an adjective pedant
is pedantic.
pedant English
Noun
( en noun)
(archaic) A teacher or schoolmaster.
* , vol. 1 ch. 24:
- I have in my youth oftentimes beene vexed to see a Pedant [tr. pedante''] brought in, in most of Italian comedies, for a vice or sport-maker, and the nicke-name of ''Magister to be of no better signification amongst us.
A person who emphasizes his/her knowledge through the use of vocabulary.
(label) A person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.
Derived terms
* pedantic
* pedantry
Usage notes
* Do not confuse pedant' with '''pendant''' or ' pennant .
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sumpsimus English
Noun
(head)
adherence to or persistence in using a strictly correct term in rejection of a more common (but technically incorrect) form
:I'll not change my old mumpsimus for your new sumpsimus ! — John Nichols (ed.), "Autobiography of Edward Underhill"
:Some be too stiff in their old mumpsimus, others be too busy and curious in their sumpsimus . — Henry VIII
a person obstinate or zealous about such correctness; a pedant
Antonyms
* mumpsimus
See also
* prescriptivist
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