PETTIFOG Meaning of PETTIFOG in English ■ verb ( ~s , ~ging , ~ged ) archaic1》 quibble about petty points. 2》 practise legal deception or trickery.Derivatives~gery noun OriginC17: back-form. from ~ger . Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004