hair-splittern.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhair-splitter.

One who ‘splits hairs’ (hair n. Phrases 10); one who makes minute or over-refined distinctions.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > [noun] > practitioner of

ergonist1593

ergo1597

subtilist1610

subtilizer1611

ob-and-soller1678

ergoteerer1687

splitter1699

ergotist1739

subtlist1829

straw-splitter1844

hair-splitter1851

pilpulist1859

ergoteur1881

1851 T. De Quincey Sketch from Childhood in Hogg's Instructor New Ser. 6 234/2 Not the cavilling hair-splitter, but, on the contrary, the single-eyed servant of truth.

1857 C. Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) II. 105 It is good to have hair-splitters and lumpers. Note, Those who make many species are the splitters.

a1861 A. H. Clough Dipsychus ii. i, in Lett. & Remains (1865) 170 A critical hair-splitter!

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	hair-splitter
释义	hair-splittern. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhair-splitter. One who ‘splits hairs’ (hair n. Phrases 10); one who makes minute or over-refined distinctions. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > [noun] > practitioner of ergonist1593 ergo1597 subtilist1610 subtilizer1611 ob-and-soller1678 ergoteerer1687 splitter1699 ergotist1739 subtlist1829 straw-splitter1844 hair-splitter1851 pilpulist1859 ergoteur1881 1851 T. De Quincey Sketch from Childhood in Hogg's Instructor New Ser. 6 234/2 Not the cavilling hair-splitter, but, on the contrary, the single-eyed servant of truth. 1857 C. Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) II. 105 It is good to have hair-splitters and lumpers. Note, Those who make many species are the splitters. a1861 A. H. Clough Dipsychus ii. i, in Lett. & Remains (1865) 170 A critical hair-splitter! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1851
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