hairsplitting

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English

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Etymology

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From hair +‎ splitting.

Noun

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hairsplitting (countable and uncountable, plural hairsplittings)

  1. The act of considering or arguing about fine details, or worrying about minutiae.

Verb

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hairsplitting

  1. present participle and gerund of hairsplit

See also

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