paedantry

paedantry

English

Noun

paedantry (uncountable)

1. Obsolete spelling of pedantry
   • a. 1680, Samuel Butler, “Paedants”, in Satires and miscellaneous poetry and prose‎‎, page 165:

     For Paedantry is But a Lewd Caprich / Which Pupills Catch of Tutor's like the Itch; / And many nere Recover, till th' are Men, / But still grow worse till th' are twice Boys agen;