буквоїд

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From бу́ква (búkva, letter) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ -їд (-jid, eater). Compare Russian буквое́д (bukvojéd), Belarusian буквае́д (bukvajéd).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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буквої́д (bukvojídm pers (genitive буквої́да, nominative plural буквої́ди, genitive plural буквої́дів, feminine буквої́дка, relational adjective буквої́дський)

  1. (ironic) pedant, dryasdust (person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points)
    Synonyms: педа́нт m (pedánt), формалі́ст m (formalíst)

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