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pedantess

noun

Etymology

From pedant + -ess.

  1. derived from pedante — “a teacher, schoolmaster, pedant”
  2. borrowed from pedant
  3. suffixed as pedantess — “pedant + ess”

Definitions

  1. Female equivalent of pedant.

    • Unfeeling pedantess, says I to myself; thou art no wife for me.
    • Why does not this pedantess wear the breeches?
    • We do not wish our boys and girls to become pedants. Well, then, we must not become pedants and pedantesses ourselves.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA