Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pedantic \Pe*dan"tic\, Pedantical \Pe*dan"tic*al\, a.
   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. ``Figures pedantical.'' --Shak.

Source : WordNet®

pedantic
     adj : marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
           especially its trivial aspects [syn: {academic}, {donnish}]