quiddlen.

Brit.

/ˈkwɪdl/, U.S.

/ˈkwɪd(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: quiddle v.

Etymology: < quiddle v.

English regional (south-western) and U.S. regional (chiefly New England). Now rare.

An awkward or fastidious person; a person who fusses over trivial matters.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [noun] > fastidious person

abrodietical1623

hypercritic1634

over-critica1661

finick1706

delicate1710

finicking1744

fidfad1754

quiddle1793

faddle1881

faddy1887

perfectionist1909

Nice Nelly1922

1793 T. Sedgewick Let. 31 Jan. in William & Mary Q. 12 239 My colleague Gerry, who is the veriest quiddle in nature, would be frequently seduced by the enemy.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits vi. 108 The Englishman is very petulant and precise about his accommodation..a quiddle about his toast and his chop [etc.].

1875 L. M. Alcott Eight Cousins xii. 134 I always fret him, he says, and it is n't my fault if I am a quiddle.

1893 G. E. Dartnell & E. H. Goddard Gloss. Words Wilts. 127 She's quite a quiddle about the house.

1900 L. Swift Brook Farm iv. 159 One who knew him well says that Dwight was something of a quiddle.

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

quiddlev.

Brit.

/ˈkwɪdl/, U.S.

/ˈkwɪd(ə)l/

Forms: 1500s quiddell, 1500s– quiddle.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps an imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Origin uncertain, perhaps an expressive formation; compare -le suffix 3, and also earlier twiddle v.¹, fiddle v. 3, piddle v., etc. With sense 3 compare earlier quibble v.¹

Now rare (chiefly U.S. regional (New England)).

†1. intransitive. To discourse or expound upon a subject in a trifling or frivolous manner. Obsolete.In quot. a1566 perhaps: to sing an improvised descant above a tune or theme.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > talk excessively or chatter

chavel?c1225

babblea1250

chattera1250

clacka1250

janglea1300

ganglec1300

clapc1315

mumblec1350

blabberc1375

carp1377

tatterc1380

garre1382

rattlec1400

clatter1401

chimec1405

gabc1405

pattera1450

smattera1450

languetc1450

pratec1460

chat1483

jabber1499

clittera1529

cackle1530

prattle1532

blatter1533

blab1535

to run on pattens1546

tattle1547

prittle-prattlea1555

trattlea1555

tittle-tattle1556

quiddlea1566

brabble1570

clicket1570

twattle1573

gabble1574

prittle1583

to like to hear oneself speak, talk1597

to word it1612

deblaterate1623

tongue1624

twitter1630

snatter1647

oversay1656

whiffle1706

to gallop away1711

splutter1728

gob1770

gibble-gabble1775

palaver1781

to talk (etc.) nineteen to the dozen1785

gammon1789

witter1808

yabble1808

yaff1808

mag1810

chelp1820

tongue-pad1825

yatter1825

potter1826

chipper1829

jaw-jaw1831

buzz1832

to shoot off one's mouth1864

yawp1872

blate1878

chin1884

yap1888

spiel1894

to talk (also lie, swear, etc.) a blue streak1895

to run off at the mouth1908

chattermag1909

clatfart1913

to talk a streak1915

to run one's mouth1916

natter1942

ear-bash1944

rabbit1950

yack1950

yacker1961

to eat parrot head (also bottom)1965

yacket1969

to twat on1996

a1566 R. Edwards Damon & Pithias (1571) sig. Fiv^v Set out your bussyng base, and wee wyll quiddell vpon it.

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1275/2 Which name of the Marishes, Marshes, or Moores, if it like them to expound it, as I doubt not but manie will quiddle therevpon.

2. transitive. To fiddle or play about with.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > mere amusement > do for mere amusement [verb (transitive)] > toy or trifle with

toddle?a1513

sport?1545

finger1587

quiddlea1652

flirt1859

trick1881

a1652 R. Brome City Wit iii. i. sig. C4, in Five New Playes (1653) Cras. How does she feel your hand? Lin. O, she does so quiddle it, shake it, and gripe it!

1696 M. Pix Spanish Wives ii. 14 What! have a Surgeon quiddling her white Arm, and looking Babies in her Eyes!

1779 ‘Peeping Tim’ Honest London Spy ii. iii. 58 After an hour and a half's unnecessary quiddling her ornaments, he could perceive no..alteration for the better.

1854 J. S. H. Pardoe Reginald Lyle iii. 82 Now don't sit quiddling the string of your cap, but listen to me attentively.

1981 G. Davenport Eclogues 161 It made Victor, who was quiddling his foreskin while sipping his coffee, look at me cross-eyed.

3. intransitive. To quibble or cavil about insignificant details; to fuss; (also) to busy oneself with unimportant matters or trivial tasks; to fritter away time.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)] > potter or waste time in trifling activity

trifle?a1400

loiterc1400

tiffc1440

tifflec1440

to pick a salad1520

to play the wanton1529

fiddle1530

dauntc1540

piddle1545

dally?1548

pittlea1568

pingle1574

puddle1591

to thrum caps1594

maginate1623

meecha1625

pudder1624

dabble1631

fanfreluche1653

dawdlea1656

taigle17..

niff-naff1728

tiddle1747

peddle1755

gammer1788

quiddle1789

muddle1791

browse1803

niddle1808

poke1811

fal-lal1818

potter1824

footer1825

putter1827

shaffle1828

to fool about1838

mike1838

piffle1847

mess1853

to muck about1856

tinker1856

bohemianize1857

to fool around1860

frivol1866

june1869

muss1876

to muddle about (also around)1877

slummock1877

dicker1888

moodle1893

to fart about1899

to fart about (or around)1899

plouter1899

futz1907

monkey1916

to arse around1919

to play around1929

to fuck around1931

tool1932

frig1933

boondoggle1935

to muck around1935

to screw around1935

to bugger about1937

to bugger around1939

to piss about1943

to dick around1948

to jerk around1953

fart-arse1954

to fanny around1969

slop1973

dork1982

to twat around (or about)1992

to dick about1996

1789 F. Ames Let. 8 July in Wks. (1854) I. 61 We correct spelling, or erase may and insert shall, and quiddle in a manner which provokes me.

1829 Virginia Lit. Museum 30 Dec. 460 To quiddle. ‘To busy one's self about trifles.’ The word is used as a substantive.

1856 Punch Feb. 50/1 Don't be led away to quirk and quiddle with negotiations.

1871 L. M. Alcott Little Men ii. 22 Daisy..liked to quiddle about the china-closet, prepare the salt-cellars, put the spoons straight on the table.

1898 ‘M. Gray’ Ribstone Pippins 40 A quiddles over his cloase.

a1903 H. Kingsford in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 681/2 S. Worcester They others keeps a quiddling at it.

1970 N.Y. Times 17 May 8/7 I drove my Jeep to a lonely beach and there amidst other jetsam prepared to quiddle away an hour at fishing for striped bass.

2000 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (2002) IV. 415/1 Quiddle—‘to busy oneself with unimportant things’. A student heard it from an aunt in Connecticut and another heard it she thinks from friends in Maine ‘just quiddling around’.

Derivatives

† quiddler n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1832 N. Webster Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Quiddler.

1842–4 H. D. Thoreau Jrnl. (1984) II. 77 Drummond was indeed a quiddler—with little fire or fibre—and rather a taste for poetry than a taste of it.

1871 N. Nutgall Raven Club Papers 41 It is perfectly maddening to realise what a lot of pre-eminent quiddlers we are. Never was there a people so imposingly great for the absolute magnitude of its littleness.

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

单词	quiddle
释义	quiddlen. Brit. /ˈkwɪdl/, U.S. /ˈkwɪd(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: quiddle v. Etymology: < quiddle v. English regional (south-western) and U.S. regional (chiefly New England). Now rare. An awkward or fastidious person; a person who fusses over trivial matters. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [noun] > fastidious person abrodietical1623 hypercritic1634 over-critica1661 finick1706 delicate1710 finicking1744 fidfad1754 quiddle1793 faddle1881 faddy1887 perfectionist1909 Nice Nelly1922 1793 T. Sedgewick Let. 31 Jan. in William & Mary Q. 12 239 My colleague Gerry, who is the veriest quiddle in nature, would be frequently seduced by the enemy. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits vi. 108 The Englishman is very petulant and precise about his accommodation..a quiddle about his toast and his chop [etc.]. 1875 L. M. Alcott Eight Cousins xii. 134 I always fret him, he says, and it is n't my fault if I am a quiddle. 1893 G. E. Dartnell & E. H. Goddard Gloss. Words Wilts. 127 She's quite a quiddle about the house. 1900 L. Swift Brook Farm iv. 159 One who knew him well says that Dwight was something of a quiddle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). quiddlev. Brit. /ˈkwɪdl/, U.S. /ˈkwɪd(ə)l/ Forms: 1500s quiddell, 1500s– quiddle. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps an imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Origin uncertain, perhaps an expressive formation; compare -le suffix 3, and also earlier twiddle v.¹, fiddle v. 3, piddle v., etc. With sense 3 compare earlier quibble v.¹ Now rare (chiefly U.S. regional (New England)). †1. intransitive. To discourse or expound upon a subject in a trifling or frivolous manner. Obsolete.In quot. a1566 perhaps: to sing an improvised descant above a tune or theme. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > talk excessively or chatter chavel?c1225 babblea1250 chattera1250 clacka1250 janglea1300 ganglec1300 clapc1315 mumblec1350 blabberc1375 carp1377 tatterc1380 garre1382 rattlec1400 clatter1401 chimec1405 gabc1405 pattera1450 smattera1450 languetc1450 pratec1460 chat1483 jabber1499 clittera1529 cackle1530 prattle1532 blatter1533 blab1535 to run on pattens1546 tattle1547 prittle-prattlea1555 trattlea1555 tittle-tattle1556 quiddlea1566 brabble1570 clicket1570 twattle1573 gabble1574 prittle1583 to like to hear oneself speak, talk1597 to word it1612 deblaterate1623 tongue1624 twitter1630 snatter1647 oversay1656 whiffle1706 to gallop away1711 splutter1728 gob1770 gibble-gabble1775 palaver1781 to talk (etc.) nineteen to the dozen1785 gammon1789 witter1808 yabble1808 yaff1808 mag1810 chelp1820 tongue-pad1825 yatter1825 potter1826 chipper1829 jaw-jaw1831 buzz1832 to shoot off one's mouth1864 yawp1872 blate1878 chin1884 yap1888 spiel1894 to talk (also lie, swear, etc.) a blue streak1895 to run off at the mouth1908 chattermag1909 clatfart1913 to talk a streak1915 to run one's mouth1916 natter1942 ear-bash1944 rabbit1950 yack1950 yacker1961 to eat parrot head (also bottom)1965 yacket1969 to twat on1996 a1566 R. Edwards Damon & Pithias (1571) sig. Fiv^v Set out your bussyng base, and wee wyll quiddell vpon it. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1275/2 Which name of the Marishes, Marshes, or Moores, if it like them to expound it, as I doubt not but manie will quiddle therevpon. 2. transitive. To fiddle or play about with. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > mere amusement > do for mere amusement [verb (transitive)] > toy or trifle with toddle?a1513 sport?1545 finger1587 quiddlea1652 flirt1859 trick1881 a1652 R. Brome City Wit iii. i. sig. C4, in Five New Playes (1653) Cras. How does she feel your hand? Lin. O, she does so quiddle it, shake it, and gripe it! 1696 M. Pix Spanish Wives ii. 14 What! have a Surgeon quiddling her white Arm, and looking Babies in her Eyes! 1779 ‘Peeping Tim’ Honest London Spy ii. iii. 58 After an hour and a half's unnecessary quiddling her ornaments, he could perceive no..alteration for the better. 1854 J. S. H. Pardoe Reginald Lyle iii. 82 Now don't sit quiddling the string of your cap, but listen to me attentively. 1981 G. Davenport Eclogues 161 It made Victor, who was quiddling his foreskin while sipping his coffee, look at me cross-eyed. 3. intransitive. To quibble or cavil about insignificant details; to fuss; (also) to busy oneself with unimportant matters or trivial tasks; to fritter away time. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)] > potter or waste time in trifling activity trifle?a1400 loiterc1400 tiffc1440 tifflec1440 to pick a salad1520 to play the wanton1529 fiddle1530 dauntc1540 piddle1545 dally?1548 pittlea1568 pingle1574 puddle1591 to thrum caps1594 maginate1623 meecha1625 pudder1624 dabble1631 fanfreluche1653 dawdlea1656 taigle17.. niff-naff1728 tiddle1747 peddle1755 gammer1788 quiddle1789 muddle1791 browse1803 niddle1808 poke1811 fal-lal1818 potter1824 footer1825 putter1827 shaffle1828 to fool about1838 mike1838 piffle1847 mess1853 to muck about1856 tinker1856 bohemianize1857 to fool around1860 frivol1866 june1869 muss1876 to muddle about (also around)1877 slummock1877 dicker1888 moodle1893 to fart about1899 to fart about (or around)1899 plouter1899 futz1907 monkey1916 to arse around1919 to play around1929 to fuck around1931 tool1932 frig1933 boondoggle1935 to muck around1935 to screw around1935 to bugger about1937 to bugger around1939 to piss about1943 to dick around1948 to jerk around1953 fart-arse1954 to fanny around1969 slop1973 dork1982 to twat around (or about)1992 to dick about1996 1789 F. Ames Let. 8 July in Wks. (1854) I. 61 We correct spelling, or erase may and insert shall, and quiddle in a manner which provokes me. 1829 Virginia Lit. Museum 30 Dec. 460 To quiddle. ‘To busy one's self about trifles.’ The word is used as a substantive. 1856 Punch Feb. 50/1 Don't be led away to quirk and quiddle with negotiations. 1871 L. M. Alcott Little Men ii. 22 Daisy..liked to quiddle about the china-closet, prepare the salt-cellars, put the spoons straight on the table. 1898 ‘M. Gray’ Ribstone Pippins 40 A quiddles over his cloase. a1903 H. Kingsford in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 681/2 S. Worcester They others keeps a quiddling at it. 1970 N.Y. Times 17 May 8/7 I drove my Jeep to a lonely beach and there amidst other jetsam prepared to quiddle away an hour at fishing for striped bass. 2000 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (2002) IV. 415/1 Quiddle—‘to busy oneself with unimportant things’. A student heard it from an aunt in Connecticut and another heard it she thinks from friends in Maine ‘just quiddling around’. Derivatives † quiddler n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1832 N. Webster Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Quiddler. 1842–4 H. D. Thoreau Jrnl. (1984) II. 77 Drummond was indeed a quiddler—with little fire or fibre—and rather a taste for poetry than a taste of it. 1871 N. Nutgall Raven Club Papers 41 It is perfectly maddening to realise what a lot of pre-eminent quiddlers we are. Never was there a people so imposingly great for the absolute magnitude of its littleness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1793v.a1566
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