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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024quod•li•bet (kwod′lə bet′),USA pronunciation n. - a subtle or elaborate argument or point of debate, usually on a theological or scholastic subject.
- Music and Dancea humorous composition consisting of two or more independent and harmonically complementary melodies, usually quotations of well-known tunes, played or sung together, usually to different texts, in a polyphonic arrangement.
- Medieval Latin quodlibetum; compare Latin quod libet what pleases, as you please
- Middle English 1350–1400
quod′li•bet′ic, quod′li•bet′i•cal, adj. quod′li•bet′i•cl•ly, adv. |