Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pedantical

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pedan-ti-cal
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pedantic.

Etymology

Etymology tree English pedant Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English pedantical From pedant + -ical.

Inflected Forms

more pedantical (comparative) most pedantical (superlative)

Derived Forms

Questions

What does pedantical mean?
Pedantic.
Where does pedantical come from?
Etymology tree English pedant Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English pedantical From pedant + -ical.

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