pettifogulizev.

Brit.

/ˈpɛtɪˌfɒɡjᵿlʌɪz/, U.S.

/ˈˌpɛdiˈˌfɔɡjəˌlaɪz/,

/ˈˌpɛdiˈˌfɑɡjəˌlaɪz/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pettifog v., fabulize v., schedulize v.

Etymology: < pettifog v. + -ulize (in e.g. fabulize v., schedulize v., etc.); compare -ize suffix.

intransitive. To quibble.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > trivial argument, quibble > quibble, equivocate [verb (intransitive)]

quillet1653

quibble1655

baffle1656

chicane1705

pettifogulize1851

pettifogc1867

quib1918

1851 T. De Quincey Sketch from Childhood in Hogg's Instructor New Ser. 6 234/1 So far from seeking to ‘pettifogulise’, or to find evasions for any purpose in a trickster's minute tortuosities of construction.

Derivatives

pettiˈfogulizing n. quibbling.

ΚΠ

1872 W. Minto Man. Eng. Prose Lit. i. i. 77 This ‘pettifogulising’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pettifogulize
释义	pettifogulizev. Brit. /ˈpɛtɪˌfɒɡjᵿlʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈˌpɛdiˈˌfɔɡjəˌlaɪz/, /ˈˌpɛdiˈˌfɑɡjəˌlaɪz/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pettifog v., fabulize v., schedulize v. Etymology: < pettifog v. + -ulize (in e.g. fabulize v., schedulize v., etc.); compare -ize suffix. intransitive. To quibble.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > trivial argument, quibble > quibble, equivocate [verb (intransitive)] quillet1653 quibble1655 baffle1656 chicane1705 pettifogulize1851 pettifogc1867 quib1918 1851 T. De Quincey Sketch from Childhood in Hogg's Instructor New Ser. 6 234/1 So far from seeking to ‘pettifogulise’, or to find evasions for any purpose in a trickster's minute tortuosities of construction. Derivatives pettiˈfogulizing n. quibbling. ΚΠ 1872 W. Minto Man. Eng. Prose Lit. i. i. 77 This ‘pettifogulising’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1851
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