单词 | squabbling |
释义 | squabblingn. The action of the verb, in various senses. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > petty quarrel feudc1565 squabble1602 prabble1603 squabbling1611 bangling1612 pickeering1650 squabblement1731 tift1751 tiff1753 spat1804 tracasserie1812 society > communication > printing > preparatory processes > composing > [noun] > disordering of type squabbling1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Noisette,..a squabling, or small debate. 1664 H. More Apol. in Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 554 Their childish squabling about Nut-shells, Counters and Cherry-stones. 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 235 The Breaking, Squabbling, or Hanging, &c. of the Page. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 239 Nothing offers these Days but Squabblings between Mrs. Jewkes and me. 1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited vii. 181 The squabbling in Athens whether Demosthenes had passed his accounts properly. 1868 Daily Tel. 25 July The usual squabbling ended with the usual postponement at a late hour. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2018). squabblingadj. 1. Engaging in, given to, petty quarrelling or wrangling. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [adjective] > quarrelling > in petty manner squabbling1632 1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) Squabbling, noiseux, rioteux. 1665 J. Glanvill Sciri Tuum: Authors Defense To T. Albius sig. A4v, in Scepsis Scientifica In a squabbling and contentious Age. 1771 J. Beattie Minstrel: Bk. 1st xix. 10 Nor cared [he] to mingle in the clamorous fray Of squabbling imps. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xliii. 182 A dozen squabbling urchins made a very Babel in the air. 1894 Roosevelt in Forum Apr. 198 A squabbling multitude of revolution-ridden States. 2. Of the nature of, characterized by, dispute or wrangling. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [adjective] > petty squabbling1664 squabbly1887 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. Concl. 184 Ignorance..varnish'd over with a little squabling Sophistry. 1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter III. xii. 302 There had arisen some squabbling differences amongst his noble passengers. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. i. iv. 74 The partisans..thrust their squabbling Judaism even into the intercourse between a Paul and a Peter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1611adj.1632 |
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