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quibble
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Quibble \Quib"ble\, n. [Probably fr. quib, quip, but influenced
by quillet, or quiddity.]
1. A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or
evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.
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Quibbles have no place in the search after truth. --
I. Watts.
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2. A pun; a low conceit.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Quibble \Quib"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quibbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Quibbling.] 1. To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate. [1913 Webster] 2. To pun; to practice punning. --Cudworth. [1913 Webster] Syn: To cavil; shuffle; equivocate; trifle. [1913 Webster]
