HAIRSPLITTER

hairsplitter

(noun) a disputant who makes unreasonably fine distinctions

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

hairsplitter (plural hairsplitters)

A stickler person who makes extremely, possibly excessively, fine distinctions (who would separate something as fine as a hair into two pieces and distinguish them).

Source: Wiktionary


Hair"split`ter, n.

Definition: One who makes excessively nice or needless distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles. "The caviling hairsplitter." De Quincey.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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