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Definitions for Quibble

[1] an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue.
[2] the general use of such arguments.
[3] petty or carping criticism; a minor objection.
[4] to equivocate.
[5] to carp; cavil.
[6] to make trivial objections; prevaricate
[7] archaic to play on words; pun
[8] a trivial objection or equivocation, esp one used to avoid an issue
[9] archaic a pun

Words related to Quibble

nicety, squabble, bicker, carp, waffle, spar, wrangle, cavil, dodge, niggle, equivocation, evasion, quirk, prevarication, shift, subtlety, duplicity, criticism, protest, sophism

Words nearby Quibble

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Origin of Quibble

1605–15; perhaps derivative (cf. -le) of quib gibe, apparently akin to quip

Other words from Quibble

quib·bler , noun
out·quib·ble , verb (used with object), out·quib·bled, out·quib·bling.

Word origin for Quibble

C17: probably from obsolete quib, perhaps from Latin quibus (from quī who, which), as used in legal documents, with reference to their obscure phraseology

Synonyms for Quibble

nicety, artifice, cavil, criticism, dodge, duplicity, equivocation, evasion, niggle, pretense, prevarication, protest, quiddity, quirk, shift, sophism, subterfuge, subtlety, hair-splitter, nit-picker