Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To play the pedant; domineer over pupils; use pedantic expressions.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • intransitive verb rare To play the pedant; to use pedantic expressions.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb intransitive To play the pedant; to use pedantic expressions.

Etymologies

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Compare French pédantiser.

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  • I try to get up an hour or two early every morning to pedantize before breakfast.

    September 9, 2011