英语词汇“pettifog”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	pettifog
释义	Trends of pettifog View usage for: pettifog in British English (ˈpɛtɪˌfɒɡ) verbWord forms: -fogs, -fogging or -fogged (intransitive) to be a pettifogger pettifog in American English (ˈpetiˌfɑɡ, -ˌfɔɡ) intransitive verbWord forms: -fogged, -fogging 1. to bicker or quibble over trifles or unimportant matters 2. to carry on a petty, shifty, or unethical law business 3. to practice chicanery of any sort Derived forms pettifogger noun pettifoggery noun Word origin [1605–15; back formation from pettifogger, equiv. to petty + fogger ‹ MLG voger or MD voeger one who arranges things; akin to OE gefōg a joining]This word is first recorded in the period 1605–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: classic, crater, inverse, pivot, turnover
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Trends ofpettifog