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pettifoggery

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈpɛti.fɒɡ.ə.ɹi/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English pettifogger Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English pettifoggery From pettifogger + -ery.

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

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

    Yet even Harlan was to prove capable of grievous pettifoggery on the racial issue.

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