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

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

But no sense ov a place, some think, Is this here hill so high,— ’Cos there, full oft, ’tis nation coad, But that don’t argufy.

From English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)

“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

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