logomachist

• Nom désignant une personne qui se livre à des disputes sur les mots, souvent de manière pédante ou querelleuse.

A noun referring to a person who engages in disputes over words, often pedantically or argumentatively.

1. A person who argues about wordsC2formal

   Someone who engages in disputes over the meaning, use, or interpretation of words, often pedantically.

   Personne qui dispute sur les mots

   • The debate turned into a farce when a logomachist interrupted to challenge every term used.
   • He was known as a logomachist, always picking fights over definitions.
   • Only a logomachist would spend an hour arguing about the difference between 'fewer' and 'less'.
   • The professor, a notorious logomachist, derailed the lecture with semantic quibbling.

   Synonymescavilerhairsplitterpedantquibbler