hairsplitting
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See also:
hair-splitting
Contents
1
English
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Noun
1.3
Verb
1.3.1
See also
English
Etymology
hair
+
splitting
Noun
hairsplitting
(
countable
and
uncountable
,
plural
hairsplittings
)
The act of
considering
or
arguing
about
fine
details
, or
worrying
about
minutiae
.
Verb
hairsplitting
present
participle
of
hairsplit
See also
split hairs
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English compound terms
English lemmas
English nouns
English uncountable nouns
English countable nouns
English non-lemma forms
English verb forms
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