1) Academic 2) Bookish 3) Donnish 4) Finicky 5) Prim 6) Prudish 7) Scholarly 8) Studious 9) Stuffy 1) Academic 2) Doctrinaire 3) Donnish 4) Narrowly focused 5) Overly focused on minor rules 6) POMPOUS 7) Pretentiously learned 8) Scholarly 9) Schoolmasterish 10) Stodgily erudite 
• (a.) Alt. of Pedantical
bookish showing off learning 
pedantic Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling, a pedant; ostentatious of learning; as, a pedantic writer or description.
[SAT terms] marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning[PSAT glossary] marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning[Intelligent words] marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning[SAT terms] marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning