11 ผลลัพธ์ สำหรับ pettifog

หรือค้นหา: -pettifog-, *pettifog*

NECTEC Lexitron Dictionary EN-TH

(vi) โต้เถียงเรื่องเล็กน้อย, See also: โต้เถียงเรื่องไร้สาระ, Syn. practice chicanery

Hope Dictionary

(เพท'ทะฟอก) vi. โต้เถียงในเรื่องเล็ก ๆ น้อย ๆ , เป็นหมอความเรื่องเล็ก ๆ น้อย ๆ , ใช้เล่ห์เหลี่ยมของทนายความ, โยเย, เล่นลิ้น, See also: pettifogger n. pettifoggery n.

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary

pettifogging

(adj) /p e1 t i f o g i ng/ /เพ้ะ ถิ เฝ่าะ กิ่ง/ /pˈetɪfɒgɪŋ/

Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Pettifog	v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Pettifogged p. pr. & vb. n. Pettifogging ] [ Petty + fog to pettifog. ] 1. To do a petty business as a lawyer; also, to do law business in a petty or tricky way. “He takes no money, but pettifogs gratis.” S. Butler. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To debate or quarrel over unimportant, trifling matters. [ PJC ] 3. To use subterfuge, deception, or flattery for any purpose; to practice chicanery. [ PJC ]
Pettifog	v. t. To advocate like a pettifogger; to argue trickily; as, to pettifog a claim. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Pettifogger	n. A lawyer who deals in petty cases; an attorney whose methods are mean and tricky; an inferior lawyer. [ 1913 Webster ] A pettifogger was lord chancellor. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
Pettifoggery	n.; pl. pettifoggeries The practice or arts of a pettifogger; disreputable tricks; quibbles; chicanery. [ 1913 Webster ] Quirks of law, and pettifoggeries. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
Pettifogging	a. Paltry; quibbling; mean. [ 1913 Webster ]
Pettifogging	n. Pettifoggery. [ 1913 Webster ]
Pettifogulize	v. i. To act as a pettifogger; to use contemptible tricks. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

三百代言	[さんびゃくだいげん, sanbyakudaigen] (n) (1) (derog) pettifogging lawyer; unscrupulous or unethical lawyer; shyster; (2) casuist; sophist [Add to Longdo]

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