pedanteggiare

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Italian

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Etymology

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From pedante (pedant) +‎ -eggiare.

Verb

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This Italian verb needs to be reviewed and cleaned up.
The definition(s) may be wrong or misleading, and important senses may be missing. The specified auxiliary may also be wrong. The remainder of the conjugation is probably correct for -are verbs but may be wrong in some particulars for -ire verbs (especially the present participle).

pedanteggiàre (first-person singular present pedantéggio, first-person singular past historic pedanteggiài, past participle pedanteggiàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive, literary) to be pedantic
    Synonym: cavillare

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • pedanteggiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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