pedantize

== English == === Etymology === From pedant +‎ -ize. Compare French pédantiser. === Verb === pedantize (third-person singular simple present pedantizes, present participle pedantizing, simple past and past participle pedantized) (intransitive, archaic) To act pedantically; to use pedantic expressions. Synonyms: (rare, humorous) pedant, pedanticize (transitive) to make pedantic === References === “pedantize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.