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Showing words for PETTIFOGGING using the English dictionary

12 Letter Words for Pettifogging

pettifogging

9 Letter Words for Pettifogging

gogetting, tiptoeing

8 Letter Words for Pettifogging

petition, pettifog, tiptoing

7 Letter Words for Pettifogging

epigoni, fetting, figging, finetop, fitting, fogging, getting, gifting, gitting, pegging, petitio, petting, pigging, piotine, pittine, pitting, poignet, potting, tentigo, tifting, tigging, togging, toiting

6 Letter Words for Pettifogging

egging, eggnog, egipto, epigon, feting, figent, finite, fitten, ftping, gieing, giftie, gigget, giggit, gittin, gotten, igging, ignite, ignote, nigget, niggot, opting, pentit, pfenig, pieing, pieton, pifine, pigeon, piggin, pignet, pinite, pitten, pointe, pontie, potent, poting, tiento, tiepin, tinpot, tintie, tiponi, tiptoe, titien, toeing, tonite, topeng, toping, topnet, toting

5 Letter Words for Pettifogging

ettin, feign, feint, fient, fitte, foeti, fogie, genii, genio, genip, genit, getgo, gigge, gigot, ginep, gipon, going, gonef, gonif, ifint, inept, infit, ingot, nepit, netop, often, oggin, opine, oping, pengo, petit, petti, petto, pgntt, piing, pinge, pingo, pinot, pinte, pinto, piton, pogge, point, potin, potti, tenio, tigon, tinge, tingi, tipit

4 Letter Words for Pettifogging

ento, epit, eton, feni, fent, fett, figo, fine, fini, fino, fitt, foen, foge, foin, fone, font, gegg, gein, geit, gent, geog, gien, gift, ging, gite, goen, gone, gong, gote, info, ingo, init, inti, into, neif, neti, nief, nife, niog, nito, nogg, nope, note, nott, oint, open, peng, peni, pent, peon, peto, pien, piet, pigg, pine, ping, pino, pint, pion, poet, pone, pong, pont, pote, poti, pott, tegg, teng, tent, tien, tift, tige, tine, ting, tint, tipe, tipt, tite, titi, toft, toge, togt, toit, tone, tong, tope, topi, tote

3 Letter Words for Pettifogging

eft, egg, ego, eng, eof, eon, epi, fei, fen, fet, fgn, fie, fig, fin, fip, fit, foe, fog, fon, fop, fot, ftp, gen, geo, get, gie, gif, gig, gin, gio, git, gnp, gog, goi, gon, gop, got, gte, gtt, ife, igg, ign, inf, ing, int, iof, ion, ipo, nef, neg, nei, neo, nep, net, nie, nig, nip, nit, nog, not, oft, oie, oii, one, oni, ont, ope, opt, peg, pen, pet, pfg, pie, pig, pin, pit, poi, pon, pot, pte, ptg, ptt, tef, teg, ten, tet, tgn, tgt, tie, tig, tin, tip, tit, tng, tnt, toe, tog, toi, ton, top, tot, tpi

Definitions for Pettifogging

[1] insignificant; petty: pettifogging details.
[2] dishonest or unethical in insignificant matters; meanly petty.
[3] to bicker or quibble over trifles or unimportant matters.
[4] to carry on a petty, shifty, or unethical law business.
[5] to practice chicanery of any sort.
[6] petty pettifogging details
[7] mean; quibbling pettifogging lawyers
[8] (intr) to be a pettifogger

Words related to Pettifogging

niggle, bicker, wrangle, hassle, prevaricate, fence, avoid, flip-flop, spar, dispute, cavil, squabble, nitpick, carp, waffle, criticize, shift, pretend, evade, equivocate

Words nearby Pettifogging

petticoat insulator, petticoat narcissus, petticoated, pettifog, pettifogger, pettifogging, petting, petting zoo, pettipants, pettish, pettiskirt

Origin of Pettifogging

1605–15; back formation from pettifogger, equivalent to petty + fogger < Middle Low German voger or Middle Dutch voeger one who arranges things; akin to Old English gefōg a joining

Words that may be confused with Pettifogging

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, pettifogambulance, chaser, mouthpiece, pettifogger, shyster

Other words from Pettifogging

pet·ti·fog·ger , noun
pet·ti·fog·ger·y , noun

Synonyms for Pettifogging

altercate, argufy, avoid, bicker, carp, cavil, chicane, criticize, dispute, equivocate, evade, fence, flip-flop, hassle, niggle, nitpick, pretend, prevaricate, shift, spar, squabble, waffle, wrangle, argue over, blow hot and cold, catch at straws, have at it, hem and haw, hypercriticize, make a big thing about, nit-pick, paralogize, pick to pieces, put up an argument, set to, split hairs, talk back