pettifoggery

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

pettifogger +‎ -y

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (UK) IPA: /ˈpɛti.fɒɡ.ə.ɹi/ X-SAMPA: /"pEti.fQg.@.r\i/

Noun [edit]

pettifoggery (plural pettifoggeries)

  1. The actions of a pettifogger; a trivial quarrel.
    He was capable of using lawyerly rhetoric, at times, to the brink of pettifoggery.

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