Dictionary (n.) The act, character, or manners of a pedant; vain ostentation of learning.Thesaurus bibliolatry bibliomania bluestockingism book learning book madness bookiness bookishness booklore ceremonialism classical scholarship classicism culture donnishness elegance eruditeness erudition euphemism euphuism exquisiteness formalism formality goody-goodness goody-goodyism humanism humanistic scholarship intellectualism intellectuality learnedness legalism letters literacy overniceness overpreciseness overrefinement pedantism preciosity preciousness preciseness precisianism punctilio punctiliousness purism reading ritualism scholarship scrupulousness |