Word: hairsplitting
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: hair
split
ting
Definition: The act of considering or arguing about fine details, or worrying about minutiae.
Morphemes:
Affix: hair
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.
Affix: split
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.