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    [Noun]  | "hair*split*ter" | \ ˈher-ˌspli-tər \


    1: one that makes excessively fine distinctions in reasoning


    Origin: 1849 ;

    [Adjective]  | "hairsplitting" 


    1: made or done with extreme care and accuracy;


      * e.g., " ... usage experts have attempted to make some hairsplitting distinctions between the two words, but most writers blithely ignore them "





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