intransitive. To quibble. Cf. quillet, n.3
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| 释义 | the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > trivial argument, quibble > quibble, equivocate [verb (intransitive)] (8) quillet1653 intransitive. To quibble. Cf. quillet, n.3 quibble1655 intransitive. To raise a petty objection; to argue about a triviality; to evade the point at issue by a quibble. Frequently with about. baffle1656 intransitive. To juggle, shuffle, quibble. Obsolete. chicane1705 intransitive. To quibble with a person or thing; to quibble about or over something; to dwell needlessly and pettily on (also upon) something to… pettifogulize1851 intransitive. To quibble. pettifogc1867 intransitive. To act as a pettifogger; to plead or conduct a petty case in a minor court of law, esp. with recourse to legal chicanery. Hence, in… quib1918 intransitive. Chiefly U.S. To argue or quibble, esp. about a triviality or in a petty manner. Chiefly with about, over. Cf. quibble, v.1 2a. Subcategories:— so as to remove (1) |
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