衒げん学がく趣しゅ味み

noun

pedantry; showing off one's learning; pedantic disposition

Often used critically to describe someone who flaunts knowledge unnecessarily or takes pleasure in obscure facts. Can refer to the act or the personality trait.

• 彼かれの話はなしはいつも衒げん学がく趣しゅ味みで、聞きいているとうんざりする。

  His talk is always full of pedantry, and it gets tiresome to listen to.

• 衒げん学がく趣しゅ味みな人ひとは、知ち識しきをひけらかす傾けい向こうがある。

  People with a pedantic disposition tend to show off their knowledge.