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hair-splitter

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  • hair-splitter — hairˈ splitter noun A maker of over fine distinctions • • • Main Entry: ↑hair …   Useful english dictionary

  • hair-splitting — making over nice distinctions, by 1739, from HAIR (Cf. hair) + SPLIT (Cf. split). To split hairs make over fine distinctions is first recorded 1650s, as to cut the hair. Hair also being 18c. slang for female pudendum, hair splitter was noted in… …   Etymology dictionary

  • hair — n. 1 a any of the fine threadlike strands growing from the skin of mammals, esp. from the human head. b these collectively (his hair is falling out). 2 a an artificially produced hairlike strand, e.g. in a brush. b a mass of such hairs. 3… …   Useful english dictionary

  • hair-splitting — noun the action of making overfine distinctions. Derivatives hair splitter noun …   English new terms dictionary

  • Hare Splitter — Infobox Hollywood cartoon cartoon name = Hare Splitter series = Merrie Melodies caption = director = Isadore Freleng story artist = Tedd Pierce animator = Ken Champin Gerry Chiniquy Manuel Perez Virgil Ross voice actor = Mel Blanc musician = Carl …   Wikipedia

  • H. P. Lovecraft — This article is about the author. For the rock group, see H. P. Lovecraft (band). H. P. Lovecraft H. P. Lovecraft, circa 1934. Born Howard Phillips Lovecraft August 20, 1890(1890 08 20) Providence, Rhode Island, United States …   Wikipedia

  • faultfinder — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. critic, nagger, nag, carper, caviler, *nitpicker, quibbler, Momus, *hair splitter, *rag, *bellyacher, censor, grumbler, *backseat driver. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. A person who finds fault, often severely… …   English dictionary for students

  • pedant — noun pedants insist that the twenty first century starts with 2001 Syn: dogmatist, purist, literalist, formalist, doctrinaire, perfectionist; quibbler, hair splitter, casuist, sophist; informal nitpicker …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • disputant — n debater, disputer, controverter; adversary, opponent, antagonist, contender, litigant, plaintiff, agonist; polemicist, hair splitter, dissenter, pilpul ist, logomachist; arguer, wrangler, brawler …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • quibble — [n] objection, complaint artifice, cavil, criticism, dodge, duplicity, equivocation, evasion, hair splitter*, nicety, niggle*, nit picker*, pretense, prevarication, protest, quiddity, quirk, shift, sophism, subterfuge, subtlety; concepts 46,52… …   New thesaurus

  • Table saw — A table saw, equipped for cutting large pieces of sheet stock. Other names Sawbench Classification Power tool Manufacturer Bosch, Makita …   Wikipedia

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