pettifogulizern.
/ˈpɛtɪˌfɒɡjᵿlʌɪzə/, U.S. /ˈˌpɛdiˈˌfɔɡjəˌlaɪzər/, /ˈˌpɛdiˈˌfɑɡjəˌlaɪzər/ A quibbler.In quot. 1932 with reference to De Quincey's use in quot. 1851.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > trivial argument, quibble > [noun] > practitioner of
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1851 T. De Quincey Sketch from Childhood in Hogg's Instructor New Ser. 6 234/2 I showed so much scrupulosity about the exact value and position of his words, as finally to draw upon myself the vexatious reproach of being habitually a ‘pettifogguliser’.
1932 V. Woolf Common Reader 2nd Ser. 136 He [sc. De Quincey] is indeed..the prince of Pettifogulisers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1851- get or obtain the floor
- get or put in the club
- get or put in the pudding club
- get or put someone in the club
- get or put someone in the pudding club
- get or put the breeze up
- get or take wind
- get organized
- get out
- get out at edge etc
- get out at edge gateshead
- get out at edge hill
- get out at edge redfern
- get out etc from under
- get out from under
- get out of
- get out of a person's face
- get out of bed
- get out of bed on one's right side
- get out of bed on the right side
- get out of control
- get out of dodge
- get out of gear
- get out of hand
- get out of it