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PETTIFOGGERY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A quarrel about petty points
Synonyms:
bicker; bickering; fuss; pettifoggery; spat; squabble; tiff
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("pettifoggery" is a kind of...):
dustup; quarrel; row; run-in; words; wrangle (an angry dispute)
Derivation:
pettifog (argue over petty things)
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