单词 | straw-splitter |
释义 | > as lemmasstraw-splitter straw-splitter n. one who makes over-nice distinctions, a quibbler. 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 1844 W. H. Smyth Cycle Celestial Objects I. 384 (note) A certain straight-laced straw-splitter objects to the terms rising and setting, as being highly improper when applied to fixed points. < as lemmas |
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