| childishly | (adverb) in a childlike manner | - |
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| childishness | (noun) a property characteristic of a child | Synonyms: puerility |
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| churlish | (adjective) having a bad disposition; surly | - |
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| (adjective) rude and boorish | - |
| churlishly | (adverb) in a churlish manner | Synonyms: surlily |
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| cigarfish | (noun) small fusiform fish of western Atlantic | Synonyms: Decapterus punctatus, quiaquia, round scad |
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| clannish | (adjective) characteristic of a clan especially in being unified | - |
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| (adjective) befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior | Synonyms: cliquish, clubby, snobbish, snobby |
| clannishly | (adverb) in a clannish manner | Synonyms: cliquishly |
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| clannishness | (noun) tendency to associate with only a select group | Synonyms: cliquishness, exclusiveness |
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| clayishness | (noun) The quality of resembling clay, ie in thickness or consistency. | Synonyms: clayeyness, clayiness |
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| (noun) The quality of being composed of clay. | Synonyms: clayeyness, clayiness |
| clingfish | (noun) very small (to 3 inches) flattened marine fish with a sucking disc on the abdomen for clinging to rocks etc. | - |
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| cliquish | (adjective) befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior | Synonyms: clannish, clubby, snobbish, snobby |
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| cliquishly | (adverb) in a clannish manner | Synonyms: clannishly |
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| cliquishness | (noun) tendency to associate with only a select group | Synonyms: clannishness, exclusiveness |
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| cloddish | (adjective) heavy and dull and stupid | Synonyms: doltish |
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| clownish | (adjective) like a clown | Synonyms: buffoonish, clownlike, zany |
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| clubbish | (adjective) effusively sociable | Synonyms: clubby |
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| codfish | (noun) major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters | Synonyms: cod |
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| (noun) lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached | Synonyms: cod |
| coltish | (adjective) given to merry frolicking | Synonyms: frolicky, frolicsome, rollicking, sportive |
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| conchfish | (noun) found in West Indies; lives in mantle cavity of a living conch | Synonyms: Astropogon stellatus |
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| contradistinguish | (verb) distinguish by contrasting qualities | - |
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| convictfish | (noun) greenling with whitish body marked with black bands | Synonyms: convict fish, Oxylebius pictus, painted greenling |
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| coquettish | (adjective) like a coquette | Synonyms: flirtatious |
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| coquettishly | (adverb) in a flirtatious manner | Synonyms: flirtatiously |
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| cornetfish | (noun) slender tropical fish with a long tubular snout and bony plates instead of scales | - |
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| cowfish | (noun) trunkfish having hornlike spines over the eyes | Synonyms: Lactophrys quadricornis |
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| crampfish | (noun) any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges | Synonyms: electric ray, numbfish, torpedo |
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| crawfish | (noun) large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters | Synonyms: crayfish, langouste, rock lobster, sea crawfish, spiny lobster |
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| (noun) small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster | Synonyms: crawdad, crawdaddy, crayfish |
| (noun) tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly | Synonyms: crawdad, crayfish, ecrevisse |
| (verb) make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity | Synonyms: back away, back out, crawfish out, pull back, pull in one's horns, retreat, withdraw |
| crayfish | (noun) large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters | Synonyms: crawfish, langouste, rock lobster, sea crawfish, spiny lobster |
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| (noun) small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster | Synonyms: crawdad, crawdaddy, crawfish |
| (noun) tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly | Synonyms: crawdad, crawfish, ecrevisse |
| (noun) warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California | Synonyms: langouste, rock lobster, spiny lobster |
| currish | (adjective) base and cowardly | - |
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| (adjective) resembling a cur; snarling and rude | - |
| currishly | (adverb) in a currish manner; meanspiritedly | Synonyms: ignobly |
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| cutlassfish | (noun) long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel | Synonyms: frost fish, hairtail |
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| cuttlefish | (noun) ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell | Synonyms: cuttle |
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| daishiki | (noun) a loose and brightly colored African shirt | Synonyms: dashiki |
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| dampish | (adjective) slightly wet | Synonyms: damp, moist |
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| damselfish | (noun) small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs | Synonyms: demoiselle |
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| dandyish | (adjective) affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner | Synonyms: dandified, foppish |
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| danish | (noun) light sweet yeast-raised roll usually filled with fruits or cheese | Synonyms: danish pastry |
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| darkish | (adjective) slightly dark | - |
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| dealfish | (noun) deep-sea ribbonfish | Synonyms: Trachipterus arcticus |
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| demolish | (verb) defeat soundly and humiliatingly | Synonyms: destroy |
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| (verb) eat up completely, as with great appetite | Synonyms: consume, devour, down, go through |
| (verb) destroy completely | Synonyms: pulverise, pulverize |
| (verb) ruin or destroy | - |
| demolished | (adjective) torn down and broken up | Synonyms: dismantled, razed |
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| demolishing | (noun) complete destruction of a building | Synonyms: leveling, razing, tearing down |
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| dervish | (noun) an ascetic Muslim monk; a member of an order noted for devotional exercises involving bodily movements | - |
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| devilfish | (noun) extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it dangerous if harpooned | Synonyms: manta, manta ray |
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| (noun) bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles | Synonyms: octopus |
| (noun) medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific | Synonyms: Eschrichtius gibbosus, Eschrichtius robustus, gray whale, grey whale |
| devilish | (adjective) showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil | Synonyms: diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelean, mephistophelian |
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| (adjective) playful in an appealingly bold way | Synonyms: rascally, roguish |
| (adverb) in a playfully devilish manner | Synonyms: devilishly |
| devilishly | (adverb) in a playfully devilish manner | Synonyms: devilish |
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| (adverb) (used as intensives) excessively | Synonyms: deadly, deucedly, insanely, madly |
| (adverb) as a devil; in an evil manner | Synonyms: diabolically, fiendishly |
| devilishness | (noun) The property of resembling or being characteristic of a devil. | - |
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| dilettanteish | (adjective) showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish | Synonyms: dilettante, dilettantish, sciolistic |
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| dilettantish | (adjective) showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish | Synonyms: dilettante, dilettanteish, sciolistic |
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| diminish | (verb) decrease in size, extent, or range | Synonyms: decrease, fall, lessen |
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| (verb) lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of | Synonyms: belittle |
| diminished | (adjective) (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use | Synonyms: atrophied, wasted |
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| (adjective) impaired by diminution | Synonyms: lessened, vitiated, weakened |
| (adjective) made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth) | Synonyms: belittled, small |
| (adjective) (of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval | - |
| diminishing | (adjective) becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so | - |
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| disestablish | (verb) deprive (an established church) of its status | - |
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| disestablishment | (noun) the act terminating an established state of affairs; especially ending a connection with the Church of England | - |
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| dish | (noun) an activity that you like or at which you are superior | Synonyms: bag, cup of tea |
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| (noun) a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food | - |
| (noun) directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation | Synonyms: dish aerial, dish antenna, saucer |
| (noun) a particular item of prepared food | - |
| (noun) a very attractive or seductive looking woman | Synonyms: beauty, knockout, looker, lulu, mantrap, peach, ravisher, smasher, stunner, sweetheart |
| (noun) the quantity that a dish will hold | Synonyms: dishful |
| (verb) make concave; shape like a dish | - |
| (verb) provide (usually but not necessarily food) | Synonyms: dish out, dish up, serve, serve up |
| dishabille | (noun) the state of being carelessly or partially dressed | Synonyms: deshabille |
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| disharmonious | (adjective) lacking in harmony | Synonyms: discordant, dissonant, inharmonic |
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| disharmonize | (verb) cause to sound harsh and unpleasant | Synonyms: dissonate |
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| disharmony | (noun) a lack of harmony | Synonyms: inharmoniousness |
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| dishcloth | (noun) a cloth for washing dishes | Synonyms: dishrag |
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| dishearten | (verb) take away the enthusiasm of | Synonyms: put off |
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| disheartened | (adjective) made less hopeful or enthusiastic | Synonyms: demoralised, demoralized, discouraged |
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| disheartening | (adjective) destructive of morale and self-reliance | Synonyms: demoralising, demoralizing, dispiriting |
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| disheartenment | (noun) a communication that leaves you disheartened or daunted | - |
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| (noun) the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles | Synonyms: discouragement, dismay |
| dished | (adjective) shaped like a dish or pan | Synonyms: dish-shaped, patelliform |
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| dishevel | (verb) disarrange or rumple; dishevel | Synonyms: tangle, tousle |
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| disheveled | (adjective) in disarray; extremely disorderly | Synonyms: dishevelled, frowzled, rumpled, tousled |
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| dishevelled | (adjective) in disarray; extremely disorderly | Synonyms: disheveled, frowzled, rumpled, tousled |
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| dishful | (noun) the quantity that a dish will hold | Synonyms: dish |
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| dishonest | (adjective) deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive | Synonyms: dishonorable |
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| (adjective) capable of being corrupted | Synonyms: bribable, corruptible, purchasable, venal |
| dishonestly | (adverb) in a corrupt and deceitful manner | Synonyms: deceitfully, venally |
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| dishonesty | (noun) lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing | Synonyms: knavery |
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| (noun) the quality of being dishonest | - |
| dishonor | (noun) lacking honor or integrity | Synonyms: dishonour |
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| (noun) a state of shame or disgrace | Synonyms: dishonour |
| (verb) refuse to accept | Synonyms: dishonour |
| (verb) bring shame or dishonor upon | Synonyms: attaint, disgrace, dishonour, shame |
| (verb) force (someone) to have sex against their will | Synonyms: assault, dishonour, outrage, rape, ravish, violate |
| dishonorable | (adjective) lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor | Synonyms: dishonourable |
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| (adjective) deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive | Synonyms: dishonest |
| dishonorableness | (noun) the quality of not deserving honor or respect | Synonyms: dishonourableness |
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| dishonorably | (adverb) in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree | Synonyms: discreditably, disgracefully, dishonourably, ignominiously, ingloriously, shamefully |
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| (adverb) with dishonor | - |
| (adverb) in a dishonorable manner | - |
| dishonored | (adjective) suffering shame | Synonyms: discredited, disgraced, shamed |
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| dishonour | (noun) lacking honor or integrity | Synonyms: dishonor |
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| (noun) a state of shame or disgrace | Synonyms: dishonor |
| (verb) refuse to accept | Synonyms: dishonor |
| (verb) bring shame or dishonor upon | Synonyms: attaint, disgrace, dishonor, shame |
| (verb) force (someone) to have sex against their will | Synonyms: assault, dishonor, outrage, rape, ravish, violate |
| dishonourable | (adjective) lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor | Synonyms: dishonorable |
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| dishonourableness | (noun) the quality of not deserving honor or respect | Synonyms: dishonorableness |
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| dishonourably | (adverb) in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree | Synonyms: discreditably, disgracefully, dishonorably, ignominiously, ingloriously, shamefully |
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| dishpan | (noun) large pan for washing dishes | - |
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| dishrag | (noun) a cloth for washing dishes | Synonyms: dishcloth |
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| dishtowel | (noun) a towel for drying dishes | Synonyms: dish towel, tea towel |
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| dishware | (noun) tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively | Synonyms: crockery |
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| dishwasher | (noun) a machine for washing dishes | Synonyms: dish washer, dishwashing machine |
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| (noun) someone who washes dishes | - |
| dishwashing | (noun) the act of washing dishes | Synonyms: washup |
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| dishwater | (noun) water in which dishes and cooking utensils are washed | - |
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| dishy | (adjective) (informal British) sexually attractive | - |
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| distinguish | (verb) mark as different | Synonyms: differentiate, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart |
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| (verb) identify as in botany or biology, for example | Synonyms: describe, discover, identify, key, key out, name |
| (verb) be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense | Synonyms: differentiate, mark |
| (verb) make conspicuous or noteworthy | Synonyms: signalise, signalize |
| (verb) detect with the senses | Synonyms: discern, make out, pick out, recognise, recognize, spot, tell apart |
| distinguishability | (noun) Capability of being perceived as different or distinct. | - |
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| distinguishable | (adjective) capable of being perceived as different or distinct | - |
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| (adjective) (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality | Synonyms: distinct |
| distinguished | (adjective) used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person | Synonyms: grand, imposing, magisterial |
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| (adjective) (used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation | - |
| doctorfish | (noun) surgeon fish of the West Indies | Synonyms: Acanthurus chirurgus, doctor-fish |
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| dogfish | (noun) any of several small sharks | - |
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| (noun) primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America | Synonyms: Amia calva, bowfin, grindle |
| dollarfish | (noun) small food fish of Atlantic coast | Synonyms: Poronotus triacanthus |
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| (noun) any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies | Synonyms: Atlantic moonfish, horse-head, horsefish, horsehead, moonfish, Selene setapinnis |
| dolphinfish | (noun) large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii) | Synonyms: dolphin, mahimahi |
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| (noun) the lean flesh of a saltwater fish found in warm waters (especially in Hawaii) | Synonyms: mahimahi |
| doltish | (adjective) heavy and dull and stupid | Synonyms: cloddish |
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| doltishly | (adverb) in a stupid manner | Synonyms: stupidly |
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| donnish | (adjective) marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects | Synonyms: academic, pedantic |
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