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pedanticize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pedan-ti-cize
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be a pedant.

Intransitive verb

verb

To make pedantic.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From pedantic + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

pedanticizes (present, singular) pedanticizing (participle, present) pedanticized (participle, past) pedanticized (past)

Synonyms

pedant pedantize

Questions

What does pedanticize mean?
To be a pedant.
Where does pedanticize come from?
From pedantic + -ize.

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