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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -hairsplitt-, *hairsplitt*
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Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
hairsplitting

WordNet (3.0)
hairsplitter(n) a disputant who makes unreasonably fine distinctions
hairsplitting(n) making too fine distinctions of little importance, Syn. word-splitting

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Hairsplitter

n. One who makes excessively fine or needless distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles. “The caviling hairsplitter.” De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hairsplitting

a. Making excessively fine or trivial distinctions in reasoning; overly subtle. -- n. The act or practice of making trivial distinctions. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ancient hairsplitting technicalities of special pleading. Charles Sumner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary
理に落ちる[りにおちる, riniochiru] (exp, v1) to become overly logical; to be hairsplitting [Add to Longdo]

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