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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "being showy of one's knowledge",
"word": "pedant"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "being showy of one's knowledge",
"word": "掉書袋"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "diàoshūdài",
"sense": "being showy of one's knowledge",
"word": "掉书袋"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wǔwénnòngmò",
"sense": "being showy of one's knowledge",
"word": "舞文弄墨"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "being showy of one's knowledge",
"word": "mentorský"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "being showy of one's knowledge",
"word": "pedanttinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "being showy of one's knowledge",
"word": "rikkiviisas"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "being showy of one's knowledge",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pédant"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "dokisísofos",
"sense": "being showy of one's knowledge",
"word": "δοκησίσοφος"
},
{
"alt": "がくしゃぶった",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gakusha butta",
"sense": "being showy of one's knowledge",
"word": "学者ぶった"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "being showy of one's knowledge",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "pedante"
}
],
"word": "pedantic"
}
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