quibble

Meanings

Noun

  • A pun.
  • An objection or argument based on an ambiguity of wording or similar trivial circumstance; a minor complaint.

Verb

Origin

  • quib + -le. Quib is probably from Latin quibus ("in what respect? how?"), which appeared frequently in legal documents and came to be suggestive of the verbosity and petty argumentation found therein.

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