quibblingn.

Brit.

/ˈkwɪbl̩ɪŋ/,

/ˈkwɪblɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈkwɪb(ə)lɪŋ/

Forms: 1600s whiblin, 1600s–1700s quibling, 1600s– quibbling, 1700s qubling.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quibble n., -ing suffix¹; quibble v.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < quibble n. + -ing suffix¹. In later use probably partly also < quibble v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.With use in quot. 1633 compare earlier quiblin n.

The action of making quibbles. Also: an instance of this, a quibble.In quot. 1633 probably: a punning piece of writing (cf. quiblin n.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > [noun] > play on words, pun

allusion1550

nick1561

paronomasia1577

paronomasy1592

quiblin1605

quibblea1627

quiblet1627

clinch1629

quibbling1633

clink1634

clench1638

pun1644

conundrum1645

whim1652

pundigrion1673

jeu de mots1823

calembour1830

Tom Swifty1963

paronym1982

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > trivial argument, quibble > [noun]

quiddity1539

quibc1540

quibibec1540

quirk1565

quillity1573

quid1576

quillet1576

quipa1592

quiddit1592

quidlit1598

quibibble1606

punctual1610

quidlibet1611

catasophistrya1614

quibbling1633

Scotism1645

quibble1650

thingum1672

quoddity1682

scruple1713

baffle1783

nit1982

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > trivial argument, quibble > [noun] > use of

quibbling1633

baffling1653

quirk1674

quibble1710

quibbing1874

quiddity1881

1633 J. Shirley Wittie Faire One iii. sig. E^v I ha made a quibbling in praise of her.

1659 T. Burton Diary 5 Mar. (1828) IV. 36 You say you will bound, and you will not bound. It looks like quibbling.

1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 487 There's nothing which these disputants will not oppose by their niceties and quibblings.

1716 H. Wanley Let. 23 Feb. (1989) 339 If the Master..shall Signifie unto me that all these Points are Agreed upon..so that there shall be no more Qubling [sic]; I will soon come back again, with his Lordships Commands.

1769 J. Johnson Divine Truth ii. ii. 108 How consistent this Mode of quibbling, quirking, and shuffling, might be with the Character of a Mountebank.

1831 R. Blakey Ess. Good & Evil 172 The various quibblings, shufflings, reservations, and qualifications..must be abundantly evident to every one.

1929 P. Hamilton Midnight Bell xvii. 99 The memory of their quibblings earlier in the evening had faded from the minds of both.

1994 Rolling Stone 16 June 109/1 Nor is there any quibbling with the slick synth-funk groove generated by ‘Riding High’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

quibblingadj.

Brit.

/ˈkwɪbl̩ɪŋ/,

/ˈkwɪblɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈkwɪb(ə)lɪŋ/

Forms: 1600s whibbling, 1600s whibling, 1600s–1700s quibling, 1600s– quibbling.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quibble n., -ing suffix²; quibble v.¹, -ing suffix².

Etymology: Apparently < quibble n. (although this is apparently first attested slightly later) + -ing suffix². In later use perhaps partly also < quibble v.¹ + -ing suffix². Compare earlier quibbler n.

Of a person: that (habitually) makes quibbles. Of an argument, comment, etc.: characterized by quibbles; of the nature of a quibble. Cf. quibble n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > [adjective] > of puns

quibbling1624

allusive1655

paronomastical1664

punnic1719

punny1722

punnical1731

paronomastic1811

paronomasial1823

biverbal1826

punnable1840

paronomasian1890

paronomasiastic1902

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > trivial argument, quibble > [adjective]

quidifical1542

quidditative1611

quibbling1624

quirkish1673

chicaning1698

quibbing1760

quibbly1895

1624 J. Gee Foot out of Snare (ed. 2) 82 I doe not heare that any of those snarling whibbling Curres can barke.

1648 J. Vicars Coleman-street Conclave Visited 36 Hee their great Master of misrule hath some other serious avocations, some jeering and quibling paultrie pamphlet to publish.

1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. x. 30 Tight, hard knots,..in which there is no quibbling provision made..to get them slipp'd and undone by.

1772 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra II. lxviii. 340 A cunning, quibbling attorney might..discover a flaw.

1823 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 4 Jan. 1/4 Lest some quibbling sceptic should doubt the story, it is bolstered up by the attestation of Father Jerom de Rhetel.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 266 The quibbling follies of the Sophists.

1952 Fresno (Calif.) Bee 9 Feb. Windy, quibbling lawyers have gotten their clutches on fat geese.

1992 Economist 11 Apr. 39/2 How he knew he did not like it [sc. marijuana], when he had not inhaled, is the sort of quibbling question that such a quibbling denial invites.

Derivatives

ˈquibblingly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > [adverb] > using puns

quib1631

quibblingly1657

punningly1731

paronomastically1813

punnily1866

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > trivial argument, quibble > [adverb]

quibblingly1657

1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't Post-script 667 Their old method of talking preachingly, quotingly, and quibblingly.

1901 W. J. Craig King Lear 117 (note) Perhaps ‘roarer’ in Tempest I. i. 18, quibblingly applied to the raging waters.

1998 Evening Standard (Palmerston North, N.Z.) (Nexis) 14 Sept. 8 A remarkably naive legal and quibblingly semantic interpretation of what activities could be said to constitute sexual behaviour.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quibbling
释义	quibblingn. Brit. /ˈkwɪbl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈkwɪblɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkwɪb(ə)lɪŋ/ Forms: 1600s whiblin, 1600s–1700s quibling, 1600s– quibbling, 1700s qubling. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quibble n., -ing suffix¹; quibble v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < quibble n. + -ing suffix¹. In later use probably partly also < quibble v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.With use in quot. 1633 compare earlier quiblin n. The action of making quibbles. Also: an instance of this, a quibble.In quot. 1633 probably: a punning piece of writing (cf. quiblin n.). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > [noun] > play on words, pun allusion1550 nick1561 paronomasia1577 paronomasy1592 quiblin1605 quibblea1627 quiblet1627 clinch1629 quibbling1633 clink1634 clench1638 pun1644 conundrum1645 whim1652 pundigrion1673 jeu de mots1823 calembour1830 Tom Swifty1963 paronym1982 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > trivial argument, quibble > [noun] quiddity1539 quibc1540 quibibec1540 quirk1565 quillity1573 quid1576 quillet1576 quipa1592 quiddit1592 quidlit1598 quibibble1606 punctual1610 quidlibet1611 catasophistrya1614 quibbling1633 Scotism1645 quibble1650 thingum1672 quoddity1682 scruple1713 baffle1783 nit1982 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > trivial argument, quibble > [noun] > use of quibbling1633 baffling1653 quirk1674 quibble1710 quibbing1874 quiddity1881 1633 J. Shirley Wittie Faire One iii. sig. E^v I ha made a quibbling in praise of her. 1659 T. Burton Diary 5 Mar. (1828) IV. 36 You say you will bound, and you will not bound. It looks like quibbling. 1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 487 There's nothing which these disputants will not oppose by their niceties and quibblings. 1716 H. Wanley Let. 23 Feb. (1989) 339 If the Master..shall Signifie unto me that all these Points are Agreed upon..so that there shall be no more Qubling [sic]; I will soon come back again, with his Lordships Commands. 1769 J. Johnson Divine Truth ii. ii. 108 How consistent this Mode of quibbling, quirking, and shuffling, might be with the Character of a Mountebank. 1831 R. Blakey Ess. Good & Evil 172 The various quibblings, shufflings, reservations, and qualifications..must be abundantly evident to every one. 1929 P. Hamilton Midnight Bell xvii. 99 The memory of their quibblings earlier in the evening had faded from the minds of both. 1994 Rolling Stone 16 June 109/1 Nor is there any quibbling with the slick synth-funk groove generated by ‘Riding High’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). quibblingadj. Brit. /ˈkwɪbl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈkwɪblɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkwɪb(ə)lɪŋ/ Forms: 1600s whibbling, 1600s whibling, 1600s–1700s quibling, 1600s– quibbling. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quibble n., -ing suffix²; quibble v.¹, -ing suffix². Etymology: Apparently < quibble n. (although this is apparently first attested slightly later) + -ing suffix². In later use perhaps partly also < quibble v.¹ + -ing suffix². Compare earlier quibbler n. Of a person: that (habitually) makes quibbles. Of an argument, comment, etc.: characterized by quibbles; of the nature of a quibble. Cf. quibble n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > [adjective] > of puns quibbling1624 allusive1655 paronomastical1664 punnic1719 punny1722 punnical1731 paronomastic1811 paronomasial1823 biverbal1826 punnable1840 paronomasian1890 paronomasiastic1902 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > trivial argument, quibble > [adjective] quidifical1542 quidditative1611 quibbling1624 quirkish1673 chicaning1698 quibbing1760 quibbly1895 1624 J. Gee Foot out of Snare (ed. 2) 82 I doe not heare that any of those snarling whibbling Curres can barke. 1648 J. Vicars Coleman-street Conclave Visited 36 Hee their great Master of misrule hath some other serious avocations, some jeering and quibling paultrie pamphlet to publish. 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. x. 30 Tight, hard knots,..in which there is no quibbling provision made..to get them slipp'd and undone by. 1772 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra II. lxviii. 340 A cunning, quibbling attorney might..discover a flaw. 1823 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 4 Jan. 1/4 Lest some quibbling sceptic should doubt the story, it is bolstered up by the attestation of Father Jerom de Rhetel. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 266 The quibbling follies of the Sophists. 1952 Fresno (Calif.) Bee 9 Feb. Windy, quibbling lawyers have gotten their clutches on fat geese. 1992 Economist 11 Apr. 39/2 How he knew he did not like it [sc. marijuana], when he had not inhaled, is the sort of quibbling question that such a quibbling denial invites. Derivatives ˈquibblingly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > [adverb] > using puns quib1631 quibblingly1657 punningly1731 paronomastically1813 punnily1866 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > trivial argument, quibble > [adverb] quibblingly1657 1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't Post-script 667 Their old method of talking preachingly, quotingly, and quibblingly. 1901 W. J. Craig King Lear 117 (note) Perhaps ‘roarer’ in Tempest I. i. 18, quibblingly applied to the raging waters. 1998 Evening Standard (Palmerston North, N.Z.) (Nexis) 14 Sept. 8 A remarkably naive legal and quibblingly semantic interpretation of what activities could be said to constitute sexual behaviour. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1633adj.1624
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