pettifoggery

English

Etymology

pettifogger +‎ -y

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɛti.fɒɡ.ə.ɹi/

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.

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