PETTIFOGGER


Meaning of PETTIFOGGER in English

n.1 a rascally lawyer; an inferior legal practitioner.

2 a petty practitioner in any activity.

Derivatives:

pettifoggery n. pettifogging adj.

Etymology: PETTY + fogger underhand dealer, prob. f. Fugger family of merchants in Augsburg in the 15th-16th c.

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.