Definition of Quibbling

1. Verb. (present participle of quibble) ¹

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Definition of Quibbling

1. quibble [v] - See also: quibble

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quibbling

quezal
quezales
quezals
qugate
qugates
qui tam
qui tams
qui vive
quiaquia
quib
quibble
quibbled
quibbler
quibblers
quibbles
quibbling (current term)
quibblingly
quibbly
quiblin
quiblins
quibs
quica
quice
quich
quiche-eater
quiche Lorraine
quiche lorraine
quiched
quichelike
quiches

Literary usage of Quibbling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Process of Thought Adapted to Words and Language: Together with a by Alfred Smee (1851)
"Other forms of quibbling.—(142). Conclusion. (116). Logic has now been the means for so many ages employed by mankind for quibbling, deceiving, ..."

2. Studies of a Biographer by Leslie Stephen (1902)
"The training was calculated to produce abnormal skill in dialectics ; to sharpen the purely logical perceptions, but also to encourage mere quibbling and ..."

3. Nuces Philosophicæ: Or, The Philosophy of Things as Developed from the Study by Edward Johnson (1842)
"B. Is not this mere quibbling ? A. For pity's sake spare me that wretched plea of the ignorant— that miserable " refuge for the destitute" in argument. ..."

4. Correspondence Concerning Claims Against Great Britain: Transmitted to the by United States Dept. of State (1870)
"... from which ships might bo sent out ready or all but ready, aud, whatever may be the quibbling distinctions which legal arguments may introduce, ..."

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