英语词汇pettifogger的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

pettifogger. A real family of financiers may have given its name to the word pettifogger, for “an attorney or anyone who argues over petty details with little meaning.” The Fugger fami- ly, which can be traced back to Bavarian Swabia in the 15th century and who were descended from an Augsburg weaver, made their great fortune lending money to royalty, but became noted, justly or unjustly, for their petty ways. According to one theory, in time a “petty Fugger” became a pettifogger, the des- ignation soon applied to people besides the Fuggers.

词汇	pettifogger
词源	pettifogger. A real family of financiers may have given its name to the word pettifogger, for “an attorney or anyone who argues over petty details with little meaning.” The Fugger fami- ly, which can be traced back to Bavarian Swabia in the 15th century and who were descended from an Augsburg weaver, made their great fortune lending money to royalty, but became noted, justly or unjustly, for their petty ways. According to one theory, in time a “petty Fugger” became a pettifogger, the des- ignation soon applied to people besides the Fuggers.
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