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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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