单词 | quibble |
释义 | quibble n. & v. --n   1. a petty objection; a trivial point of criticism.   2. a play on words; a pun.   3. an evasion; an insubstantial argument which relies on an ambiguity etc. --vintr. use quibbles. Derivatives quibbler n. quibbling adj. quibblingly adv. Etymology: dimin. of obs. quib prob. f. L quibus dative & ablat. pl. of qui who (familiar from use in legal documents) |
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