quibletn.
/ˈkwɪblᵻt/, U.S. /ˈkwɪblət/ Now rare.
= quibble n.
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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
1627 Vox Piscis 16 A yongue Scholar..then viewing this vnconcocted booke in the Codd-fish, made a Quiblet thereupon, saying, that it might be found in the Code, but could neuer be entred into the Digest.
1681 Heraclitus Ridens 13 Dec. 2/1 I cannot admire the quiblet of the Influences of a Half-Moon.
1722 Cries of Royal Blood (ed. 2) 96 To contrive to trick the Devil, by a little Quiblet in Law.
?1760 Hunting of Hare 1/4 The proverb..Which I've heard 'mongst many quiblets.
1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott IV. iv. 152 Sharp word-catchings,..and all the quips and quibblets of bar pleading.
1918 H. T. Follett & W. Follett Some Mod. Novelists iv. 111 A minor technical quiblet if ever there was one.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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