Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To make pedantic

  2. (archaic, intransitive)To act pedantically; to use pedantic expressions.

Origin

From pedant + -ize. Compare French pédantiser.

From pedant + -ize. Compare French pédantiser.

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Forms

pedantizes, pedantizing, pedantized, pedantized
Base formpedantize · to pedantize
3rd person singularpedantizes
Present participlepedantizing
Past simplepedantized
Past participlepedantized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypedantize
he, she, itpedantizes

Past simpleLesson

all personspedantized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave pedantized
he, she, ithas pedantized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pedantize

Synonyms

2 synonyms
pedantpedanticize

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pedantpedanticB2pedantrypeddlepeddlerpederast
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