Also Inflected form of pettifog
pettifogging
pet·ti·fog·ging
adjective
1.
quibbling over insignificant details
- “caviling pettifoggers and quiggling pleaders” Edmund Burke
- “her nagging and carping attack”
- “thought her editor unnecessarily nitpicking”
- “a pettifogging lawyer”
- “;”
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