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outpedant

outpedant verb: to surpass in pedantry.

Verb

outpedant (third-person singular simple present outpedants, present participle outpedanting, simple past and past participle outpedanted)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in pedantry.
    • So I say outpedant the pedants, and allow yourself to gluttonously revel in the linguistic improprieties of yore as you familiarize yourself with the nearly unique enormity of the gloriously mistaken heritage that our literature is comprised of.2009 October 4, Ammon Shea, “Error-Proof”, in New York Times

Forms of outpedant

third-person singular presentoutpedants
present participleoutpedanting
past participleoutpedanted
pastoutpedanted

Origin of outpedant

From out- + pedant.

Questions about outpedant

What does outpedant mean?
Outpedant means to surpass in pedantry.
What part of speech is outpedant?
Outpedant is a verb.
What is the past tense of outpedant?
The past tense of outpedant is outpedanted.

Words near outpedant in the dictionary

  1. outpays
  2. outpeal
  3. outpealed
  4. outpealing
  5. outpeals
  6. outpedant
  7. outpedanted
  8. outpedanting
  9. outpedants
  10. outpeep
  11. outpeeped

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