1. A quarrel about petty points
   "The meeting devolved into pettifoggery over minor procedural details";
   - bicker, bickering, spat [informal], tiff [informal], squabble, fuss, brannigan [US, informal]

Derived forms: pettifoggeries

Type of: barney [Brit, informal], blue [Austral, NZ, informal], bust-up [informal], ding-dong [Brit, informal], dustup [informal], dust-up, quarrel, row[2], run-in [informal], slanging match [Brit, informal], words, wrangle

Encyclopedia: Pettifoggery