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121 SNÁPR
(-s, -ar), m. dolt, fool (þú mant virðr sem hinn heimskasti s.).* * *m. [? vulgar Engl. snob; N. Lancashire snape], a dolt, with the notion of impostor or charlatan; in the ancient law a person who attacks an innocent man, e. g. who falsely boasts of having dishonoured a woman, was called snápr, and was to be punished as if really guilty, and his fine was called snáps-gjöld or ‘snob’s fine,’ þar sem heimskir menn ok snápar ráða upp á saklausa menn, N. G. L. i. 20; nú vænisk maðr því at …, gjaldi slíkan rétt, sem hann væri sannr at því máli, ok heiti maðr at verri, þat heita snáps-gjöld, Gþl. 204: in mod. Icel., when a priest or a married man breaks the seventh commandment, and to escape degradation and punishment hires another person to bear the blame, this latter is called snápr; hence it has become a by-word, a dummy, dolt, idiot; þessir menn munu vera snápar ok hafa ekki komit fyrr í önnur lönd, Fms. ii. 64; þér sofit sem snápar, Edda (Gl.), Str. 71, Fas. ii. 225; skynlauss s., Stj. 473; at snápar snubbi þik, 423; viltir snápar, 418: an impostor, laga-snápr, a ‘whipper-snapper,’ pettifogger; orð-snápr, a ‘word-snob,’ babbler, Acts xvii. 18; sem margr snápr hefir svarat hér til, Gþl. 172.II. the pointed end of a gimlet, pen, pencil, or the like, which may be the primitive sense of this word. -
122 calumniātor
calumniātor ōris, m [calumnior], a trickster, malicious prosecutor, false informer, perverter of law: scriptum sequi calumniatoris esse: calumniatores apponere: egens: Calumniator ab ove cum peteret canis, Ph.* * *false accuser; pettifogger, chicaner; perverter of law; carping critic -
123 lēgulēius
lēgulēius ī, m [lex], a pettifogging lawyer, pettifogger: cautus et acutus.* * * -
124 morātor
morātor ōris, m [moror], a delayer, hinderer: publici commodi, L.— A malingerer, loiterer: Persarum moratores mille, Cu.— An advocate who makes pretexts for delay, pettifogger: grex moratorum.* * *delayer; loiterer -
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126 kalumniator
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127 smutljivac
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128 abogadil
• lawsuit• lawyer's agreement for a contingent fee• pertaining to a customhouse• pertaining to a lease• pettifogger• pettifogging lawyer• relating to the legal profession
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Pettifogger — Pet ti*fog ger, 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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pettifogger — [pet′i fäg΄ər, pet′ifôg΄ər; pet′ēfäg΄ər, pet′ēfôg΄ər] n. 〚 PETTY + obs. fogger < ?〛 1. a lawyer who handles petty cases, esp. one who uses unethical methods in conducting trumped up cases 2. a trickster; cheater 3. a quibbler; caviler pettifog … Universalium
pettifogger — a lawyer of little importance and now impliedly, one who is perhaps dubious and who will make small points more for his own gain or pleasure than that of the client. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001 … Law dictionary
pettifogger — 1560s, from PETTY (Cf. petty); the second element possibly from obs. Du. focker, from Flem. focken to cheat, or from cognate M.E. fugger, from Fugger the renowned family of merchants and financiers of 15c. 16c. Augsburg. In German, Flemish and… … Etymology dictionary
pettifogger — [pet′i fäg΄ər, pet′ifôg΄ər; pet′ēfäg΄ər, pet′ēfôg΄ər] n. [ PETTY + obs. fogger < ?] 1. a lawyer who handles petty cases, esp. one who uses unethical methods in conducting trumped up cases 2. a trickster; cheater 3. a quibbler; caviler pettifog … English World dictionary
pettifogger — noun Etymology: probably from petty + obsolete English fogger pettifogger Date: 1576 1. a lawyer whose methods are petty, underhanded, or disreputable ; shyster 2. one given to quibbling over trifles • pettifogging adjective or noun •… … New Collegiate Dictionary
pettifogger — noun /ˈpɛtɪˌfɒɡə,ˈpɛtɪˌfɑːɡɚ,ˈpɛtɪˌfɔːɡɚ/ a) Someone who quibbles over trivia, and raises petty, annoying objections. , 1885: …yet he has never sought by browbeating and other arts of the pettifogger, to confuse, baffle, and bewilder a witness…… … Wiktionary
pettifogger — Synonyms and related words: Philadelphia lawyer, ambulance chaser, belittler, bunco artist, bunco steerer, captious critic, cardsharp, cardsharper, carper, carpetbagger, caviler, censor, censurer, common scold, con artist, con man, confidence man … Moby Thesaurus
pettifogger — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. inferior lawyer, trickster, shyster, mouthpiece*; see cheat 1 , lawyer , rascal … English dictionary for students
pettifogger — pet·ti·fog·ger || petɪfÉ‘gÉ™(r) / fÉ’ n. cheater, swindler, one who defrauds … English contemporary dictionary
pettifogger — noun archaic an inferior legal practitioner. Origin C16: from petty + obs. fogger underhand dealer , prob. from Fugger, the name of a family of merchants in Augsburg in the 15th and 16th cents … English new terms dictionary
