- hairsplitter
hair-splitter
1> тот, кто спорит о мелочах; педант, буквоед, крючкотвор,
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Новый большой англо-русский словарь. 2001.
Новый большой англо-русский словарь. 2001.
Hairsplitter — Hair split ter ( spl[i^]t t[ e]r), n. One who makes excessively fine or needless distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles. The caviling hairsplitter. De Quincey. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hairsplitter — noun Date: 1849 one that makes excessively fine distinctions in reasoning • hairsplitting adjective or noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
hairsplitter — See hairsplitting. * * * … Universalium
hairsplitter — noun A person who makes extremely, possibly excessively, fine distinctions (who would separate something as fine as a hair into two pieces and distinguish them) … Wiktionary
hairsplitter — n. petty person, one who argues over unimportant details … English contemporary dictionary
hairsplitter — /ˈhɛəsplɪtə/ (say hairsplituh) noun someone who makes fine or unnecessary distinctions. –hairsplitting, adjective –hairsplitting, noun …
hairsplitter — noun a disputant who makes unreasonably fine distinctions • Hypernyms: ↑disputant, ↑controversialist, ↑eristic * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : one that indulges in hairsplitting : quibbler … Useful english dictionary
hairsplitting — hairsplitter, n. /hair split ing/, n. 1. the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions. adj. 2. characterized by such distinctions: the hairsplitting arguments of a political debate. [1820 30; HAIR + SPLITTING] Syn. 2. quibbling, niggling,… … Universalium
hairsplitting — adjective or noun see hairsplitter … New Collegiate Dictionary
Targetmaster — is a subline of the Transformers toyline that include Nebulan sidekicks who can transform into the Transformers weapons. Contents 1 1987 Targetmasters 1.1 Animated Series 1.1.1 Transformers: Headmasters … Wikipedia
List of Decepticons — Decepticon Insignia This is a list of known Decepticons from the Transformers fictional universe and toyline. Contents 1 Generation One 1.1 Leader … Wikipedia