Word: hairsplitter
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: hair
split
ter
Definition: 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).
Morphemes:
Affix: hair
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.
Affix: split
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: One of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses.
Affix: -er
Language: en
Meaning: agent noun
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ārius
Language: la
Decoded: -arius
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: -er; Used to form nouns denoting an agent of use, such as a dealer or artisan, from other nouns.