Definition:
Unimaginative, dull
(“Pedantic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pedantic. Accessed 6 Sep. 2022.)
["narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned"]
Informal Definition:
“an insulting word used to describe someone who annoys others by correcting small errors, caring too much about minor details, or emphasizing their own expertise, especially in some narrow or boring subject matter,”
(“Pedantic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pedantic. Accessed 6 Sep. 2022.)
[[Example of pedantic diction: "I like to spend some pretentious time of my life in this fathomless greenwood as I think I am in endearment with this woodland."
-Arpita Bose Roy]]
Etymology :
It comes from pedant and shares Latin roots with pedagogue ("teacher"), ultimately from the Greek word meaning "slave who escorted children to school."
("Pedantic." Merriam-Webster, www.merriam-webster.com/news-trend-watch/pedantic-2015-05-22. Accessed 6 Sept. 2022./)