The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pettifogged
Pettifog \Pet"ti*fog\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pettifogged; p. pr.
& vb. n. Pettifogging.] [Petty + fog to pettifog.]
To do a petty business as a lawyer; also, to do law business
in a petty or tricky way. ``He takes no money, but pettifogs
gratis.''
--S. Butler.
Wiktionary
pettifogged
vb. (en-past of: pettifog)
WordNet
pettifog
v. argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies" [syn: quibble, niggle, bicker, squabble, brabble]
[also: pettifogging, pettifogged]
pettifogged
See pettifog