hairsplitter

See also: hair-splitter

English

Alternative forms

• hair-splitter

Etymology

From hair +‎ splitter.

Noun

hairsplitter (plural hairsplitters)

1. A stickler person who makes extremely, possibly excessively, fine distinctions (who would separate something as fine as a hair into two pieces and distinguish them).

Related terms

• hairsplitting
• split hairs