That fists: applied as a contemptuous epithet. fisting cur, fisting dog, fisting hound: a small pet dog (cf. foisting hound).

Of persons, their behaviour, etc.: characterized by an undue concern for trivial matters, esp. in a small-minded or spiteful way. Cf. petty-minded…

Trifling, pettifogging, fiddling, fussy; (passing into) paltry, insignificant, ‘piffling’.

Dealing in petty legal matters or relating to legal affairs of this kind; (more generally) engaging in petty quibbling. Cf. pettifogging, adj.

Trifling, petty, fussy: said of persons as well as of things.

= leguleian, adj.

Involving or characterized by pottering. Of work, etc.: done in a feeble, unsystematic, or ineffectual way; (hence) trifling, slight, paltry. Now rare…

= poky, adj. (in various senses). Now rare.

Having or revealing a mean, petty, or fussy character; lacking in breadth of view or feeling, overcritical.

Unstimulating, dull; concerned with petty matters or narrow interests; dawdling, slow. Cf. poking, adj. 2. Now chiefly North American.

Trifling, ‘whiffling’.

= niggling, adj. (in various senses). Also: irritable, short-tempered.

Petty, paltry; of little value. Cf. picayune, adj. Now rare and literary.

Having, or characteristic of, a mind that dwells on the trivial and ignores what is important; narrow, small-minded, spiteful. Also as n.: (with the)…