Hair″split′ting (–tĭng), a. Making excessively nice or trivial distinctions in reasoning; subtle. — n. The act or practice of making trivial distinctions.
The ancient hairsplitting technicalities of special pleading. Charles Sumner.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.