Pettifoggery

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈpÉ›ti.fÉ’É¡.É™.ɹi/

Origin

pettifogger + -y

Full definition of pettifoggery

Noun

1. The actions of a pettifogger; a trivial quarrel.He was capable of using lawyerly rhetoric, at times, to the brink of pettifoggery.

Synonyms

• fuss
• quibble
• spat
• squabble
• tiff