pettifogulize

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To act as a pettifogger; to use contemptible tricks. nonce-word,obsolete
    — So far from seeking to "pettifogulise"—i.e., to find evasions for any purpose in a trickster's minute tortuosities of construction—exactly in the opposite direction, from mere excess of sincerity, most unwillingly I found, in almost everybody's words, an unintentional opening left for double interpretations.

词形变化

pettifogulizes present,singular,third-person pettifogulizing participle,present pettifogulized participle,past pettifogulized past

词源

From pettifog + -ule + -ize.
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