pedanticize

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pedanticize

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From pedantic + -ize.

verb pedanticizes · pedanticizing · pedanticized

intransitive To be a pedant.
Similar: pedant, pedantize
transitive To make pedantic.

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"pedanticize." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pedanticize. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"pedanticize." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pedanticize.

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@misc{pedanticize_2026,
  title = {pedanticize},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pedanticize},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}