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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PETTIFOGGING

PETTIFOGGING Pet "ti *fog `ging, a.

 

Defn: Paltry; quibbling; mean.

 

PETTIFOGGING

PETTIFOGGING Pet "ti *fog `ging, n.

 

Defn: Pettifoggery.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

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

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

pettifogging

p t ti f 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 .