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18 entries under obscure topic. ×
| didactic(adjective, dull, dry, precise) | |
| academic(adjective, sound, attitude, precise) | |
| learned(adjective, precise, knowledgeable, cultured) | |
| pompous(adjective, counterfeit, precise, stiff) | |
| stilted(adjective, counterfeit, precise, stiff) | |
| scholarly(adjective, complex, knowledgeable, cultured) | |
| erudite(adjective, precise, knowledgeable, cultured) | |
| ostentatious(adjective, counterfeit, precise, affected) | |
| fussy(adjective, precise, trivial, meticulous) | |
| sententious(adjective, dull, dry, precise) | |
| nit-picking(adjective, precise, plodding, finicky) | |
| arid(adjective, boring, precise, tedious) | |
| recondite(adjective, sound, complex, knowledgeable) | |
| abstruse(adjective, sound, complex, precise) | |
| deep(sound, complex, knowledgeable, cultured) | |
| esoteric(sound, complex, knowledgeable, cultured) | |
| hairsplitting(adjective, precise, trivial, plodding) | |
| nitpicking(adjective, trivial, meticulous, painstaking) |
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