Found 2 items, similar to pettifogged.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: pettifogged pettifog v : argue over petty things; “Let's not quibble over pennies” [syn: quibble, niggle, bicker, squabble, brabble] [also: pettifogging, pettifogged] pettifogged See pettifog
English → English (gcide) Definition: 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. [1913 Webster]