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pedantizing

pedantizing is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about pedantizing

What is pedantizing the present participle and gerund of?
Pedantizing is the present participle and gerund of pedantize.

Words near pedantizing in the dictionary

  1. pedantism
  2. pedantisms
  3. pedantize
  4. pedantized
  5. pedantizes
  6. pedantizing
  7. pedantly
  8. pedantocracies
  9. pedantocracy
  10. pedantocrat
  11. pedantocratic

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