hairsplitter
hairsplitter · hairsplitters
A stickler person who makes extremely, possibly excessively, fine distinctionsA stickler person who makes extremely, possibly excessively, fine distinctions (who would separate something as fine as a hair into two pieces and distinguish them).
» He seems to be a hairsplitter.
Meaning
1 sensesA stickler person who makes extremely, possibly excessively, fine distinctions (who would separate something as fine as a hair into two pieces and distinguish them).
a disputant who makes unreasonably fine distinctions
Examples
2 sentencesHe seems to be a hairsplitter.
He's a hairsplitter.
ruОн педант. — marafon
Origin
From hair + splitter.From hair + splitter.
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Forms
plural: hairsplittersWord family
1 related wordsRelatedsplit hairs