Pendantic

Etymology:

The word pendant originally came from the Latin words pendere, and pedagogue which means to not be upright, and teacher. This eventually evolved into pendre, an Old French word directly meaning to hang. This word eventually got carried into the english language as the word pendant, which can become pendantic by adding the suffix of -ic.

Definition: A person who cares too much about small details

Suffixes: -s, -al, -ly

The suffix -s meaning that the word is in a plural form, -al meaning relating to, and -ly meaning every.

Prefixes: None

Sentence definition: When someone is called pedantic, they are being called a person who cares too much about the smallest details.

Root: Pend, meaning to weigh

Reputable Sources using pendantic:

“ABOUT REMOVALS OF BOOKSHOPS.; Reminiscences of an Era When Order Was Pedantic.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 10 June 1894, www.nytimes.com/1894/06/10/archives/about-removals-of-bookshops-reminiscences-of-an-era-when-order-was.html.

“OPINION | Hey, Journalists - Give the Pedantic, Pointless Donald Trump Fact-Checking a Rest: Opinion | CBC News.” CBCnews, CBC/Radio Canada, 27 Jan. 2017, www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/pedantic-fact-checking-1.3953796.