pettifogging

Meaning of pettifogging

verb
  1. To quibble over trivial matters; nitpick.
    Don't pettifog or we will soon grow weary.
  2. To do a petty business as a lawyer, or carry out law business in a petty or tricky way.

noun

Pettifoggery

Information about pettifogging

  • The plural form of pettifogging is: pettifoggings.
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Hyphenation of pettifogging

pet-ti-fog-ging

  • It consists of 4 syllables and 12 chars.
  • pettifogging is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

pettifogging synonyms

Meaning caviling:

caviling, carping, nitpicking, quibbling

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