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Hairsplitter

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(n.) One who makes excessively nice or needless distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hairsplitter'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​h/hairsplitter.html. 1828.
 
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