† quidificaladj.
Obsolete. rare.
Quibbling, cavilling.
ΘΚΠ
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
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes i. f.124 Diogenes mockyng suche quidificall trifles [L. subtiles nugas]..saied [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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adj.1542- to pull by the sleeve
- to pull caps
- to pull down
- to pull down one's sail or sails
- to pull etc
- to pull etc a rabbit out of a hat
- to pull etc oneself by one's bootstraps
- to pull etc oneself by one's own bootstraps
- to pull etc oneself up by one's bootstraps
- to pull etc oneself up by one's own bootstraps
- to pull focus
- to pull foot
- to pull for prime
- to pull free
- to pull g's
- to pull in
- to pull in one's belt
- to pull in pieces
- to pull in the same boat
- to pull it
- to pull it out of the hat
- to pull leather
- to pull lift oneself by one's bootstraps
- to pull lift oneself by one's own bootstraps
- to pull lift oneself up by one's bootstraps