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English word pedancy comes from English -cy, English pedant

-cy (English)

(non-productive) Used to form nouns of rank or office e.g. abbacy. (non-productive) Used to form nouns of state, condition or quality e.g. obstinacy.

pedant (English)

Pedantic (archaic) A teacher or schoolmaster.. (slang) A person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.. A person who emphasizes his/her knowledge through the use of vocabulary.

pedancy (English)

(nonstandard) Pedantry; pedanticness.

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