pettifogadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈpɛtɪfɒɡ/, U.S.

/ˈpɛdiˌfɔɡ/,

/ˈpɛdiˌfɑɡ/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pettifog v.

Etymology: < pettifog v. Compare earlier pettifogging adj., pettifogger n.¹

A. adj.

= pettifogging adj. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [adjective] > inferior, rascally, or shrewd

pettifogging1579

pettifog1647

1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. clxxxv. 821 That he shall have both the Civill and Common Lawyer and the pettifog Atturney against him.

2001 Daily Oklahoman (Nexis) 10 Oct. Success with pettifog lawsuits against people of faith, in sympathetic left-wing courts, has..subverted the intent of the Founding Fathers.

B. n.

= pettifogger n.¹

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > inferior, rascally, or shrewd

fogger1564

pettifogger1564

long fifteen1611

leguleian1617

peatc1680

pettifog1721

Philadelphia lawyer1788

legal beagle1822

lawyerling1830

shyster1844

legal eagle1869

a1632 J. Webster & W. Rowley Cure for Cuckold (1661) sig. A2^v Dramatis Personæ... Compass, a Sea-man. Pettifog, and Dodge, two Attorneys.

1696 J. Harris City Bride sig. A2^v Dramatis Personæ... A Councellor, Mr. Davis. Pettifog, Dodge, Two Attorneys.]

1721 E. Ward Merry Travellers: Pt. I 1 In that dull Time of Recreation, by Lawyers call'd, the Long Vacation, when Pettifogs and Hackny-Writers, sneak up and down like poor Sheep-biters.

1796 C. Smith Marchmont III. 44 T'wont do this time—you must try again, old pettifog.

1998 Newsday (N.Y.) (Nexis) 14 Dec. a33 She was an absolute pettifog fussing over details so slowly and so rigorously.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pettifogv.

Brit.

/ˈpɛtɪfɒɡ/, U.S.

/ˈpɛdiˌfɔɡ/,

/ˈpɛdiˌfɑɡ/

Origin: Formed within English, by back-formation. Etymon: pettifogger n.¹

Etymology: Back-formation < pettifogger n.¹ Compare earlier pettifogging adj., pettifogging n. Compare also fog v.²

†1.

a. transitive. To plead (a case) with legal chicanery or petty quibbling. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > maintain by argument in court [verb (transitive)] > with chicanery

pettifog1611

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > plead [verb (intransitive)] > plead as advocate > with chicanery

pettifog1611

chicane1671

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Chicaner, to wrangle, or pettifog it; to spoyle, or perplex a cause with craftie, or litigious pleading.

1858 N.Y. Tribune 23 Oct. 4/5 [He] saw fit..to address to the Editor..a letter pettifogging the hard case of his master.

1866 H. Greeley Amer. Conflict 620/1 His superior, Lee,..pettifogs the case of the subordinate assassin.

b. transitive. To take by chicanery or petty theft. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > petty theft or pilfering > pilfer [verb (transitive)]

mitcha1393

pelfa1400

purloinc1475

prowl?1529

finger1530

pilfer1532

lurchc1565

filch1567

filch1574

proloyne1581

nim1606

hook1615

truff1718

snaffle1725

crib1735

pettifog1759

magg1762

niffle1785

cabbage1793

weed1811

nibble1819

cab1825

smouch1826

snuga1859

mooch1862

attract1891

souvenir1897

rat1906

snipe1909

promote1918

salvage1918

smooch1941

1759 D. Mallet Wks. (new ed.) I. 22 By living clients hopeless now of bread, he pettyfogs a scrap from authors dead.

2. intransitive. To act as a pettifogger; to plead or conduct a petty case in a minor court of law, esp. with recourse to legal chicanery. Hence, in extended use: to wrangle or quibble about petty points (now the usual sense).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > trivial argument, quibble > quibble, equivocate [verb (intransitive)]

quillet1653

quibble1655

baffle1656

chicane1705

pettifogulize1851

pettifogc1867

quib1918

1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer vii. 738 And cogge, And lie, and prate of Law, and pettifogge As craftily (sometimes) as many a one Who divers yeares hath studied Littleton.

a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 165 He will..rather pettyfog and turn common Barreter, than be out of Employment.

1718 29th of May 29 Who pettifogs between the Devils.

c1867 J. A. Symonds in Life (1895) II. 133 They accepted the whole, and were not trafficking or pettifogging about a portion.

1895 Westm. Gaz. 18 June 1/3 ‘But what is this about a woman lifting up her voice in a law-court and pleading?’—‘Oh, in America you can do that in a local police-court; in a mayor's court women may pettifog.’

1915 Nation (N.Y.) 3 June 635/2 To emphasize the feeling that Berlin was evading, shuffling, and pettifogging in the matter.

1984 Yale Law Jrnl. Dec. 455 We cannot study, because we must pettifog. We learn the low recourses of attorneyism, when we should learn the conceptions, the reasonings, and the opinions of Cicero.

1992 Economist 31 Oct. 120/3 Without lifetime careers to preserve, congressmen would be free to debate and discuss rather than pettifog and pander.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pettifog
释义	pettifogadj.n. Brit. /ˈpɛtɪfɒɡ/, U.S. /ˈpɛdiˌfɔɡ/, /ˈpɛdiˌfɑɡ/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pettifog v. Etymology: < pettifog v. Compare earlier pettifogging adj., pettifogger n.¹ A. adj. = pettifogging adj. rare. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [adjective] > inferior, rascally, or shrewd pettifogging1579 pettifog1647 1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. clxxxv. 821 That he shall have both the Civill and Common Lawyer and the pettifog Atturney against him. 2001 Daily Oklahoman (Nexis) 10 Oct. Success with pettifog lawsuits against people of faith, in sympathetic left-wing courts, has..subverted the intent of the Founding Fathers. B. n. = pettifogger n.¹ ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > inferior, rascally, or shrewd fogger1564 pettifogger1564 long fifteen1611 leguleian1617 peatc1680 pettifog1721 Philadelphia lawyer1788 legal beagle1822 lawyerling1830 shyster1844 legal eagle1869 a1632 J. Webster & W. Rowley Cure for Cuckold (1661) sig. A2^v Dramatis Personæ... Compass, a Sea-man. Pettifog, and Dodge, two Attorneys. 1696 J. Harris City Bride sig. A2^v Dramatis Personæ... A Councellor, Mr. Davis. Pettifog, Dodge, Two Attorneys.] 1721 E. Ward Merry Travellers: Pt. I 1 In that dull Time of Recreation, by Lawyers call'd, the Long Vacation, when Pettifogs and Hackny-Writers, sneak up and down like poor Sheep-biters. 1796 C. Smith Marchmont III. 44 T'wont do this time—you must try again, old pettifog. 1998 Newsday (N.Y.) (Nexis) 14 Dec. a33 She was an absolute pettifog fussing over details so slowly and so rigorously. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pettifogv. Brit. /ˈpɛtɪfɒɡ/, U.S. /ˈpɛdiˌfɔɡ/, /ˈpɛdiˌfɑɡ/ Origin: Formed within English, by back-formation. Etymon: pettifogger n.¹ Etymology: Back-formation < pettifogger n.¹ Compare earlier pettifogging adj., pettifogging n. Compare also fog v.² †1. a. transitive. To plead (a case) with legal chicanery or petty quibbling. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > maintain by argument in court [verb (transitive)] > with chicanery pettifog1611 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > plead [verb (intransitive)] > plead as advocate > with chicanery pettifog1611 chicane1671 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Chicaner, to wrangle, or pettifog it; to spoyle, or perplex a cause with craftie, or litigious pleading. 1858 N.Y. Tribune 23 Oct. 4/5 [He] saw fit..to address to the Editor..a letter pettifogging the hard case of his master. 1866 H. Greeley Amer. Conflict 620/1 His superior, Lee,..pettifogs the case of the subordinate assassin. b. transitive. To take by chicanery or petty theft. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > petty theft or pilfering > pilfer [verb (transitive)] mitcha1393 pelfa1400 purloinc1475 prowl?1529 finger1530 pilfer1532 lurchc1565 filch1567 filch1574 proloyne1581 nim1606 hook1615 truff1718 snaffle1725 crib1735 pettifog1759 magg1762 niffle1785 cabbage1793 weed1811 nibble1819 cab1825 smouch1826 snuga1859 mooch1862 attract1891 souvenir1897 rat1906 snipe1909 promote1918 salvage1918 smooch1941 1759 D. Mallet Wks. (new ed.) I. 22 By living clients hopeless now of bread, he pettyfogs a scrap from authors dead. 2. intransitive. To act as a pettifogger; to plead or conduct a petty case in a minor court of law, esp. with recourse to legal chicanery. Hence, in extended use: to wrangle or quibble about petty points (now the usual sense). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > trivial argument, quibble > quibble, equivocate [verb (intransitive)] quillet1653 quibble1655 baffle1656 chicane1705 pettifogulize1851 pettifogc1867 quib1918 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer vii. 738 And cogge, And lie, and prate of Law, and pettifogge As craftily (sometimes) as many a one Who divers yeares hath studied Littleton. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 165 He will..rather pettyfog and turn common Barreter, than be out of Employment. 1718 29th of May 29 Who pettifogs between the Devils. c1867 J. A. Symonds in Life (1895) II. 133 They accepted the whole, and were not trafficking or pettifogging about a portion. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 18 June 1/3 ‘But what is this about a woman lifting up her voice in a law-court and pleading?’—‘Oh, in America you can do that in a local police-court; in a mayor's court women may pettifog.’ 1915 Nation (N.Y.) 3 June 635/2 To emphasize the feeling that Berlin was evading, shuffling, and pettifogging in the matter. 1984 Yale Law Jrnl. Dec. 455 We cannot study, because we must pettifog. We learn the low recourses of attorneyism, when we should learn the conceptions, the reasonings, and the opinions of Cicero. 1992 Economist 31 Oct. 120/3 Without lifetime careers to preserve, congressmen would be free to debate and discuss rather than pettifog and pander. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1647v.1611
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