| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A pedantry or pragmatism.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. | Top | |
Date "HAIR-SPLITTING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1837. (references) |
Specialty Definition: HAIR-SPLITTING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Literature | 1: "Nothing is more fatal to eloquence than attention to fine hair-splitting distinctions." - Mathews: Oratory and Orators, chap. ii. p. 36. 2: Hair-Splitting Cavilling about very minute differences. (See Hair-Breadth.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
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