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Definition of Quiddler
1. someone who quiddles [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quiddler
Literary usage of Quiddler
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Explanatory and Pronouncing Dictionary of the Noted Names of Fiction by William Adolphus Wheeler (1872)
"A French proper name, the diminutive of Jean (John), used proverbially to designate
a simpleton, a quiddler, one who exercises a silly ingenuity. ..."
2. Autumn Leaves by Samuel Jackson Gardner (1865)
"The hasty man is the opposite of the quiddler, but there is little to choose
between them. The former, indeed, brings the most to ..."
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