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pettifog

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PETTIFOG

v.i.[L. voco, like advocate. ] To do small business; as a lawyer. [Vulgar. ]

 

PETTIFOGGER

n.An inferior attorney or lawyer who is employed in small or mean business.

 

PETTIFOGGERY

n.The practice of a pettifogger; tricks; quibbles.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PETTIFOG

Pet "ti *fog, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pettifogged; p. pr. & vb. n.Pettifogging. ] Etym: [Petty + fog to pettifog. ]

 

Defn: To do a petty business as a lawyer; also, to do law business in a petty or tricky way. "He takes no money, but pettifogs gratis. " S. Butler.

 

PETTIFOG

PETTIFOG Pet "ti *fog, v. t.

 

Defn: To advocate like a pettifogger; to argue trickily; as, to pettifog a claim. [Colloq. ]

 

PETTIFOGGER

PETTIFOGGER Pet "ti *fog `ger, n.

 

Defn: A lawyer who deals in petty cases; an attorney whose methods are mean and tricky; an inferior lawyer. A pettifogger was lord chancellor. Macaulay.

 

PETTIFOGGERY

PETTIFOGGERY Pet "ti *fog `ger *y, n.; pl. -ies (.

 

Defn: The practice or arts of a pettifogger; disreputable tricks; quibbles. Quirks of law, and pettifoggeries. Barrow.

 

PETTIFOGGING

PETTIFOGGING Pet "ti *fog `ging, a.

 

Defn: Paltry; quibbling; mean.

 

PETTIFOGGING

PETTIFOGGING Pet "ti *fog `ging, n.

 

Defn: Pettifoggery.

 

PETTIFOGULIZE

PETTIFOGULIZE Pet `ti *fog "u *lize, v. i.

 

Defn: To act as a pettifogger; to use contemptible tricks. De Quincey.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pettifog

pet ti fog |ˈpetēˌfôg, ˈpetēˌfäg ˈpɛdifɔɡ | ▶verb ( pettifogs, pettifogging , pettifogged ) [ no obj. ] rare quibble about petty points. • archaic practice legal deception or trickery. DERIVATIVES pet ti fog ger y |ˌpetēˈfôgərē, -ˈfäg - |noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: back-formation from pettifogger .

 

pettifogger

pet ti fog ger |ˈpetēˌfôgər, -ˌfäg -ˈpɛdifɔɡər | ▶noun archaic an inferior legal practitioner, esp. one who deals with petty cases or employs dubious practices. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from petty + obsolete fogger ‘underhanded dealer, ’ probably from Fugger, the name of a family of merchants in Augsburg, Germany, in the 15th and 16th centuries.

 

pettifogging

pet ti fog ging |ˈpetēˌfôgiNG, -ˌfäg -ˈpɛdiˌfɔɡɪŋ | ▶adjective placing undue emphasis on petty details: I'm working on the broad business vision here, not pettifogging little details | pettifogging attorneys were the bane of civil society.

 

Oxford Dictionary

pettifog

petti |fog |ˈpɛtɪfɒg | ▶verb ( pettifogs, pettifogging, pettifogged ) [ no obj. ] archaic quibble about petty points. • practise legal deception or trickery. DERIVATIVES pettifoggery noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: back-formation from pettifogger .

 

pettifogger

petti |fog |ger |ˈpɛtɪfɒgə | ▶noun archaic an inferior legal practitioner, especially one who deals with petty cases or employs dubious practices. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from petty + obsolete fogger ‘underhand dealer ’, probably from Fugger, the name of a family of merchants in Augsburg in the 15th and 16th cents.

 

pettifogging

petti ¦fog |ging |ˈpɛtɪfɒgɪŋ | ▶adjective placing undue emphasis on petty details; petty or trivial: pettifogging attorneys were the bane of civil society.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

pettifoggery

pet ti fog gery /pétifɑ̀ɡ (ə )ri |-fɔ̀ɡ -/名詞 U ささいな [つまらない ]ことにこだわること ; ごまかし .

 

pettifogging

p é t ti f ò g ging 形容詞 ｟やや古 ｠〖名詞 の前で 〗1 ささいなことにこだわる .2 ささいな, つまらない .3 こずるい, ごまかしの .名詞 U ごまかし, ぺてん .