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chicaner.

to get (someone) into an argument

8 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/ʃi.ka.ne/
  1. to get (someone) into an argument

    transitive
  2. to quibble, squabble (to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner)

    reciprocal · reflexive
    C'est inutile de se chicaner.
    Mais pourquoi est-ce que vous vous chicanez ?
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French chicaner, from Middle Low German schicken, from Old Saxon *skikkian, from Proto-West Germanic *skikkijan (“to order, arrange”), the selfsame origin of modern French chic.

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