Pettifoggery

//ˈpɛti.fɒɡ.ə.ɹi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The actions of a pettifogger; a trivial quarrel.

    "He was capable of using lawyerly rhetoric, at times, to the brink of pettifoggery."

  2. 2
    a quarrel about petty points wordnet

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fussspatsquabbletiffartificebicker

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"He was capable of using lawyerly rhetoric, at times, to the brink of pettifoggery."

Etymology

From pettifogger + -ery.

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