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pedanting

pedanting is the present participle and gerund of pedant.

Meaning of pedant

Verb

pedant (third-person singular simple present pedants, present participle pedanting, simple past and past participle pedanted)

  1. (humorous, rare) To be or act as a pedant.
    • […] as any occasion of going behond^([sic – meaning beyond]) the sea with sombody, or pedanting in some Gentlemans house, &c., for clergy-employment I will accept of none.1648 October 10, Abraham Woodhead, Bodl., MS Clarendon 31, folio 276, verso

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Questions about pedanting

What is pedanting the present participle and gerund of?
Pedanting is the present participle and gerund of pedant.

Words near pedanting in the dictionary

  1. pedantick
  2. pedanticly
  3. pedanticness
  4. pedantics
  5. pedanties
  6. pedanting
  7. pedantise
  8. pedantised
  9. pedantises
  10. pedantising
  11. pedantism

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