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单词 quibibe
释义

quibiben.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: quib n.
Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps an extended form of quib n. (perhaps for the purposes of rhyme: see quot. c1540). Compare later quibibble n. and quibble n.Perhaps compare the forms quibibe and quibile both occurring as variants of cubeb n., although an origin as a variant of quibble n. by analogy with these forms would present chronological difficulties.
Obsolete. rare.
= quibble n. 2.
ΘΚΠ
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
c1540 Image Ipocrysy iv, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 440 Lawers and scribes, With many quibibes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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