HAIRSPLITTER

Meaning of HAIRSPLITTER in English

noun one who makes excessively nice or needless distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles.

Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

HAIRSPLITTER — noun Date: 1849 one that makes excessively fine distinctions in reasoning, hairsplitting adjective or noun
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HAIRSPLITTER — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : one that indulges in hairsplitting : quibbler
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HAIRSPLITTER — (n.) One who makes excessively nice or needless distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles.
Английский словарь Webster
HAIRSPLITTER — ( n. ) One who makes excessively nice or needless distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HAIRSPLITTER — n. petty person, one who argues over unimportant details
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HAIRSPLITTER — noun Date: 1849 : one that makes excessively fine distinctions in reasoning • hair·split·ting -ˌspli-tiŋ adjective or noun
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HAIRSPLITTER — [hair.split.ter] n (1849): one that makes excessively fine distinctions in reasoning: quibbler -- hair.split.ting adj or n
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HAIRSPLITTER — n. Pronunciation: ' her- ˌ spli-t ə r Function: noun Date: 1849 : one that makes excessively fine distinctions in …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HAIRSPLITTING — adjective or noun see: hairsplitter
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SPLITTER — I. ˈsplid.ə(r), -itə- noun or verb Etymology: Low German splittere, from Middle Low German; akin to Middle Low German splīten …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PEDANT — — pedantesque , adj. — pedanthood , n. /ped"nt/ , n. 1. a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HAIRSPLITTING — — hairsplitter , n. /hair"split'ing/ , n. 1. the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions. adj. 2. characterized by such distinctions: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HAIRSPLITTING — see hairsplitter
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
QUIBBLER — Synonyms and related words : belittler, captious critic, carper, caviler, censor, censurer, common scold, critic, criticizer, equivocator, faultfinder, frondeur, hairsplitter, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PREVARICATOR — Synonyms and related words : Ananias, Baron Munchausen, Father of Lies, Satan, Sir John Mandeville, captious critic, caviler, consummate liar, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PETTIFOGGER — Synonyms and related words : Philadelphia lawyer, ambulance chaser, belittler, bunco artist, bunco steerer, captious critic, cardsharp, cardsharper, carper, carpetbagger, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
NITPICKER — Synonyms and related words : belittler, captious critic, carper, caviler, censor, censurer, common scold, critic, criticizer, equivocator, faultfinder, frondeur, hairsplitter, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
КРОХОБОР — hairsplitter; narrow pedant
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
КРОХОБОР — разг. hairsplitter; narrow pedant
Русско-Английский словарь общей тематики
КРОХОБОР — м. hairsplitter; narrow pedant
Русско-Английский словарь
КРОХОБОР — м. hairsplitter; narrow pedant
Russian-English Smirnitsky abbreviations dictionary
КРОХОБОР — муж. разг. hairsplitter narrow pedant
Большой Русско-Английский словарь

Webster English vocab

← HAIRPIN HAIRSPLITTING→