argufy

American

[ahr-gyuh-fahy] / ˈɑr gyəˌfaɪ /

verb (used with or without object)

argufied, argufying

Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to argue, dispute, or wrangle.

argufy British

/ ˈɑːɡjʊˌfaɪ /

verb

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

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You argufy like a lawyer, shipmate, there’s no mistake about that; but you can’t persuade me that you believe a single word of what you’ve been sayin’.

From The Missing Merchantman by Overend, William Heysham

"Miss Prue and her pa do argufy to beat the band," Nancy remarked to Jenny the cook as she waited for hot cakes.

From The Little Red Chimney Being the Love Story of a Candy Man by Leonard, Mary Finley

I arn’t got no time to argufy about that, my lad.

From Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days by Rainey, W. (William)

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

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

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