outpedant

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verb

To surpass in pedantry.

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Meanings

verboutpedant (third-person singular simple present outpedants, present participle outpedanting, simple past and past participle outpedanted)

present singular third person outpedants · participle present outpedanting · participle past outpedanted · past outpedanted

  1. transitiveTo surpass in pedantry.

    So I say outpedant the pedants, and allow yourself to gluttonously revel in the linguistic improprieties of yore as you familiarize yourself with the nearly unique enormity of the gloriously mistaken heritage that our literature is comprised of.

    2009 October 4, Ammon Shea, “Error-Proof”, in New York Times

Origin

From out- + pedant.

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APA

outpedant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outpedant

MLA

“outpedant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outpedant. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outpedant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outpedant.

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