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 usepedantic expressions .
Etymologies
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Compare French pédantiser.
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Dan337 commented on the word pedantize
I try to get up an hour or two early every morning to pedantize before breakfast.
September 9, 2011