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non-pedantic

non-pedantic adjective: not pedantic.

Adjective

non-pedantic (not comparable)

  1. Not pedantic.
    • The man whom the country is bent on honouring most at present, because he is so clever and successful, and is so curiously young for his time of life, is precisely the ideal of a non-pedantic University man realized in the highest sphere of the practical world.1862 July 12, “The Oxford Commemoration”, in The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, and Art, volume XIV, number 350, London: […] the Office, […], page 44
    • The very site of our Abbey was identical, or nearly so, with the heathen temple of Sul, and the city then dedicated to that goddess, and called Aquæ Sulis (not Solis, if Mr. Barham and non-pedantic antiquaries may be relied on).1871 July 31, “Apropos”, “Three Briefs in re the Adornment of Bath Abbey”, in The Bath Chronicle, volume 113, number 5884, published 3 August 1871, page 5
    Synonyms:
    unpedantic

Synonyms of non-pedantic

Forms of non-pedantic

alternative formnonpedantic

Origin of non-pedantic

From non- + pedantic.

Questions about non-pedantic

What does non-pedantic mean?
Non-pedantic means not pedantic.
What part of speech is non-pedantic?
Non-pedantic is an adjective.

Words near non-pedantic in the dictionary

  1. non-PC
  2. non-peaceful
  3. non-pecuniary
  4. non-pecuniary benefit
  5. non-pecuniary benefits
  6. non-pedantic
  7. non-peer-reviewed
  8. non-performing loan
  9. non-performing loans
  10. non-periodic
  11. non-perishable

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