argufy

American  

[ahr-gyuh-fahy] / ˈɑr gyəˌfaɪ /

verb (used with or without object)

argufied, argufying

1. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to argue, dispute, or wrangle.

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argufy British  

/ ˈɑːɡjʊˌfaɪ /

verb

1. facetious to argue or quarrel, esp over something trivial

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Other Word Forms

• argufier noun

Etymology

Origin of argufy

First recorded in 1745–55; argue + -fy

Example Sentences

It won't do to argufy here, I tell you.

From Poor Jack by Marryat, Frederick

He wished to know what fault he had committed, and was told not to "argufy."

From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Sastrow, Bartholomew

I arn’t got no time to argufy about that, my lad.

From Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days by Rainey, W. (William)

But no sense ov a place, some think, Is this here hill so high,— ’Cos there, full oft, ’tis nation coad, But that don’t argufy.

From English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)

Theological wrangles belong essentially to a pioneer people: an earnest, stubbornly honest people, whose lives are given over to a battle with the elements and the brute forces of Nature, always argufy.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers by Hubbard, Elbert

Related Words

• bicker
• carp
• spar
• squabble
• waffle
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