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pettyfogging

pettyfogging is the present participle and gerund of pettyfog.

Adjective

pettyfogging (comparative more pettyfogging, superlative most pettyfogging)

  1. Trivial; nitpicky.

Forms of pettyfogging

comparativemore pettyfogging
superlativemost pettyfogging

Questions about pettyfogging

What does pettyfogging mean?
Pettyfogging means trivial; nitpicky.
What is pettyfogging the present participle and gerund of?
Pettyfogging is the present participle and gerund of pettyfog.
What part of speech is pettyfogging?
Pettyfogging is an adjective.

Words near pettyfogging in the dictionary

  1. pettychaps
  2. pettyfog
  3. pettyfogged
  4. pettyfogger
  5. pettyfoggers
  6. pettyfogging
  7. pettyfogs
  8. Pettyjohn
  9. pettywhin
  10. Petuch
  11. petuchah

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