Definition of PETTIFOGGERY

pettifoggery

Plural: pettifoggeries

Noun

  • a quarrel about petty points
  • The actions of a pettifogger; a trivial quarrel.

Examples

  • He was capable of using lawyerly rhetoric, at times, to the brink of pettifoggery.

Origin / Etymology

From pettifogger + -ery.

Scrabble Score: 22

pettifoggery: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
pettifoggery: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pettifoggery: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 24

pettifoggery: valid Words With Friends Word