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No. A "pedant" is one who overly shows off his supposed scholarship. While, as you point out, an accepted definition is one who is precise, etc., this definition is in disuse, the common connotation being that a pedant is excessively or ostantatiously so (i.e., a show off and an asshole).

Simarlarly, a "prude" is one who is excessively or ostantatiously modest.



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