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pettyfogging

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pet-ty-fog-ging
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of pettyfog

adj

Trivial; nitpicky.

Inflected Forms

more pettyfogging (comparative) most pettyfogging (superlative)

Questions

What does pettyfogging mean?
present participle and gerund of pettyfog

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