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

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

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

“Why don’t you mind your own business and go to sleep?” says Common-sense; and as I was too tired to argufy, I made no answer, but went off sound.

From Midnight Webs by Fenn, George Manville

Now, Barnabas," exclaimed his father, beginning to rasp his fingers to and fro across his great, square, shaven chin, "why argufy?

From The Amateur Gentleman by Farnol, Jeffery

You're the last man I'd have expected to hear argufy for faith without works.

From Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood by MacDonald, George

Related Words

• bicker
• carp
• spar
• squabble
• waffle
• wrangle