pettifogging

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pettifogging Definition

• (s) quibbling over insignificant details; "caviling pettifoggers and quiggling pleaders"-Edmund Burke; "her nagging and carping attack"; "thought her editor unnecessarily nitpicking"; "a pettifogging lawyer''s mind"; "had no patience with quibbling critics"

pettifogging Synonyms

• carping
• caviling
• nitpicking
• pettifogging
• quibbling