outpedant en · VERB
Etymology
From out- + pedant.
Meanings
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(transitive) To 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| outpedants | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| outpedanted | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outpedanted | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| outpedanting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |