Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pettyfogger

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pet-ty-fog-ger
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who quibbles over trifles.

Example Sentences

"[page 200] This Fellow, I ſay, ſtiled himſelf a Lawyer, but was indeed a moſt vile Petty-fogger, without Senſe or Knowledge of any Kind; one of thoſe who may be termed Train-bearers to the Law; [...] [page 206] The Pettyfogger now likewiſe departed, and then Jones deſired the favour of Mrs Whitefield’s Company to drink Tea with him; but ſhe refuſed, and with a Manner ſo different from that with which ſhe had received him at Dinner, that it a little ſurprized him."

Inflected Forms

pettyfoggers (plural) petty-fogger (alternative)

Questions

What does pettyfogger mean?: Someone who quibbles over trifles.

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