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gen. verbalist; bookworm; splitter; letter-bound person; verbal critic; hair splitter; prig (VLZ_58); hairsplitter (VLZ_58); literalist (VLZ_58); pedant; hair-splitter; scholar; stickler for detail (тот, кто придаёт важное значение внешней стороне дела в ущерб смыслу; формалист • Miss Clark, the new administrator, soon became known as a real stickler for detail Taras)
disappr. perfectionist (VLZ_58)
fig. grammarian (VLZ_58); bookworm (о человеке)
Gruzovik, ironic. dryasdust (lexico.com)
idiom. dry as dust (pedant)
inf. anal retentive (VLZ_58); anal attorney (VLZ_58)
libr. book worm
mil., inf. stickler for regulations
slang grammar nazi (VLZ_58)
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