VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / pettifoggery

Thesaurus: pettifoggery

The practice or arts of a pettifogger; disreputable tricks; quibbles.

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

pettifoggerdefinitionartsdefinitiondisreputabledefinitionpracticedefinitionquibblesdefinitiontricksdefinitionbarrowdefinitionlawdefinitionpettydefinitionpointsdefinitionquarreldefinitionquirksdefinitionpettichapsfamilypetticoatfamilypetticoatedfamilypetticoatsfamilypettierfamilypettiesfamilypettiestfamilypettifogfamilypettifoggedfamilypettifoggingfamilypettifogsfamilypettifogulizefamilypettilyfamilypettinessfamilypettingfamilypetting zoofamily

Definitions

  1. n. The practice or arts of a pettifogger; disreputable tricks; quibbles.
  2. n. a quarrel about petty points
  3. The practice or arts of a pettifogger; disreputable tricks; quibbles. Quirks of law, and pettifoggeries. Barrow.
  4. The practice or arts of a pettifogger; disreputable tricks;quibbles.Quirks of law, and pettifoggeries. Barrow.
  5. n a quarrel about petty points