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pedantise

pedantise is the alternative form of pedantize.

Meaning of pedantize

Verb

pedantize (third-person singular simple present pedantizes, present participle pedantizing, simple past and past participle pedantized)

  1. (archaic, intransitive) To act pedantically; to use pedantic expressions.
    Synonyms:
    pedant, pedanticize
  2. (transitive) to make pedantic

Forms of pedantise

third-person singular presentpedantises
present participlepedantising
past participlepedantised
pastpedantised

Origin of pedantise

From pedant + -ise.

Questions about pedantise

What is pedantise the alternative form of?
Pedantise is the alternative form of pedantize.

Words near pedantise in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pedantise (page history and authors); pedantize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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