| 单词 | pettifoggery |
| 释义 | pettifoggery (once / 407563 pages) n WORD FAMILY pettifoggery: pettifoggeries+/pettifog: pettifogged, pettifogger, pettifoggery, pettifogging, pettifogs/pettifogger: pettifoggers USAGE EXAMPLESNot without cause, though: She also uses words like “pettifoggery” in her articles. New York Times(Jun 29, 2015) Do you take for philosophy this twaddle, this intolerable pettifoggery adorned with a few scholastic trimmings? Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph), What is Property?(2010) Both are friends of the oppressed and haters of pedantry and pettifoggery. Thomas, Calvin, The Life and Works of Friedrich Sch...(2010) n a quarrel about petty points Syn|Hyper bicker, bickering, fuss, spat, squabble, tiff dustup, quarrel, row, run-in, words, wrangle an angry dispute |
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