dottoreggiare

Italian

Etymology

From dottore + -eggiare.

Verb

dottoreggiàre (first-person singular present dottoréggio, first-person singular past historic dottoreggiài, past participle dottoreggiàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to pontificate (in order to show off one's learning); to be or act like a know-it-all [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

Further reading

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

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