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petty-fogging

petty-fogging is the present participle and gerund of petty-fog.

petty-fogging is the alternative form of pettyfogging.

Meaning of pettyfogging

Adjective

pettyfogging (comparative more pettyfogging, superlative most pettyfogging)

  1. Trivial; nitpicky.

Forms of petty-fogging

comparativemore petty-fogging
superlativemost petty-fogging

Questions about petty-fogging

What is petty-fogging the present participle and gerund of?
Petty-fogging is the present participle and gerund of petty-fog.

Words near petty-fogging in the dictionary

  1. petty-bourgeois
  2. petty-fog
  3. petty-fogged
  4. petty-fogger
  5. petty-foggers
  6. petty-fogging
  7. petty-fogs
  8. petty-house
  9. petty-houses
  10. pettyauger
  11. pettyaugers

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