pettifoggery

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English

Etymology

pettifogger +‎ -y

Pronunciation

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Noun

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.

Synonyms

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