quillet

Meaning

Noun

  • A quibble, an evasive distinction.
  • A small plot of land; historically: a strip of land that together with others like it formed a larger field.

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Origin

  • Uncertain. Possibly a shortening of earlier quillity, itself of uncertain origin, or from Latin quidlibet ("anything").
  • Uncertain. Possibly from Anglo-Norman/Old French cueillette.

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