pedantic - caring too much about unimportant rules or details and not enough about understanding or appreciating a subject.
pompous - 1) having or exhibiting self-importance; arrogant. 2) excessively elevated or ornate.
A pedantic or pompous style is psychologically displeasing. Compare these sentence pairs, identical in logical meaning:
1) "Behold! The inhabitants have all retired to their domiciles."
"Look! The people have all gone home."
2) "The vaulted dome of heaven is cerulean."
"The sky is blue."
Source: "The Trivium: The Liberal Arts of Logic, Grammar, and Rhetoric", Sister Miriam Joseph
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