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pedanticness

noun

Etymology

From pedantic + -ness.

  1. derived from pedante — “a teacher, schoolmaster, pedant”
  2. borrowed from pedant
  3. formed as pedantic — “pedant + -ic”
  4. suffixed as pedanticness — “pedantic + ness”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of pedantry.

    • But with time you will soon know the recipe like the back of your hand and you will be able to produce the cake without feeling overwhelmed by the meticulous 'pedanticness' involved.
    • When provoked, Greg can become downright pedantic. The degree to which his "pedanticness" reaches is a reliable measurement of his ire.
    • Vividness and clarity often go hand in hand, but may also be contrasted, like Ophelia's father, Polonius' exasperatingly muddled pedanticness; at once as intense as he is impervious.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pedanticness. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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