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Webster 1913 Edition


Pedantize

Ped′ant-ize

,
Verb.
I.
[Cf. F.
pédantiser
.]
To play the pedant; to use pedantic expressions.
[R.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Pedantize

PED'ANTIZE

,
Verb.
I.
To play the pedant; to domineer over lads; to use pedantic expressions.

Definition 2024


pedantize

pedantize

English

Verb

pedantize (third-person singular simple present pedantizes, present participle pedantizing, simple past and past participle pedantized)

  1. (intransitive) To play the pedant; to use pedantic expressions.