logomachist
(ləˈgɒməkɪst)
[f. as prec. + -ist.]
One addicted to logomachy; one who disputes about verbal subtleties.
| 1825 Coleridge in Lit. Rem. (1839) IV. 272 If I met with a disputatious word-catcher or logomachist. 1882 Pall Mall G. 11 May 3/1 One feels inclined..to ask like some old logomachist what he exactly means by ‘is’. |