hairsplitting

See also: hair-splitting

English

Etymology

From hair +‎ splitting.

Noun

hairsplitting (countable and uncountable, plural hairsplittings)

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

Verb

hairsplitting

  1. present participle and gerund of hairsplit

See also

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