单词 | pedantize |
释义 | pedantizev. Now rare. 1. intransitive, and transitive with it. To act as a pedant (formerly also, schoolmaster); to speak or write pedantically. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > pedantry > play the pedant [verb (intransitive)] pedantize1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pedantizer, to pedantize it, or play the Pedant: to domineere ouer lads. 1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 8 That I..am a detestable person,..one of the ἄδικοι (as he pedantizes it). 1783 Ainsworth's Thes. Linguæ Latinæ (new ed.) To pedantize, or play the pedant, literaturam ostentare, vel venditare. 1862 Sat. Rev. 4 Jan. 22/1 To vegetate and pedantize on the classics. 1968 W. J. Bouwsma tr. P. Sarpi Let. in W. J. Bouwsma Venice & Def. Republican Liberty ix. 522 To pedantize over other men in matters not settled. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > pedantry > make pedantic [verb (transitive)] pedantizea1734 a1734 R. North Lives of Norths (1890) III. 89 That bare reading without practice, which pedantiseth a student but never makes him a clever lawyer. Derivatives ˈpedantizing adj. rare ΚΠ 1885 Sat. Rev. 18 July 88/2 The cramping and pedantizing influence of a pseudo-system. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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