chicaner.
to get (someone) into an argument
Meaning & usage
to get (someone) into an argument
to quibble, squabble (to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner)
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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