Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pedanty

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pedan-ty
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A group or clique of pedants.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"[Y]ou cite them to appeare for certaine Paragogicall contempts, before a capricious Pædantie of hot-liver’d Grammarians."

Etymology

Apparently from pedant + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: pedant

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

pedanties (plural)

Questions

What does pedanty mean?: A group or clique of pedants.
Where does pedanty come from?: Apparently from pedant + -y.

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