Definitions for "Pedantic"
Of or pertaining to a pedant; characteristic of, or resembling, a pedant; ostentatious of learning; as, a pedantic writer; a pedantic description; a pedantical affectation.
narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned
formal and uninspired; making a vain display of learning
Pedantic is comes from the french [ pédant] and Italian [ pedante], and probably originated from the Greek [paiduein] meaning "to instruct." The word originally meant a holder of a degree or school master, but has since become pejorative to mean a person who presents his knowledge pretentiously or to excess. It is also used to describe those who hold leaning from books to such a vaunted status that they forsake practical logic and common reasoning. [ back
Keywords:  overwhelms, moral, plot, teach, story
Describes a story in which the moral or message the author wants to teach overwhelms the plot.