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‖ quodlibet|ˈkwɒdlɪbɛt|
Also 6 quot-.
[a. L. quodlibet (f. quod what + libet it pleases (one)), or ad. med.L. quodlibetum: cf. F. quolibet (13th c.).]
1. Any question in philosophy or theology proposed as an exercise in argument or disputation; hence, a scholastic debate, thesis, or exercise on a question of this kind (chiefly pl. in University use, esp. in phr. to do quodlibets). Now only Hist.
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xv. 375 Of diuinite maistres, That shulde..answere to argumentz and also to a quodlibet..if suche weren apposed. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 164 As saynt Thomas wytnesseth in his thyrde quodlibet. 1529More Dyaloge iii. Wks. 246/1 Among other such as himselfe to kepe a quotlibet & a pot parlament vpon. 1603P. Stringer in Plummer Elizab. Oxford (O.H.S.) 257 At the same hower also there were, in other Common Schooles, disputations called ‘Quodlibets’ by Masters of Arts and Bachelors in Art. 1631Weever Anc. Fun. Mon. 806 A man of great repute in the Vniuersitie of Oxford for his Quodlibets, ordinary questions, and his Interpretations of the sacred Scriptures. 1687Wilding in Collect. (O.H.S.) I. 265 For doing Qdlibets..00 07 06. 1717Prior Alma iii. 347 All his quodlibets of art Could not expound its [the heart's] pulse and heat. 1868Milman St. Paul's iii. 70 He was also an author, of theological lectures and quodlibets.
2. Mus. A fanciful combination of several airs; a fantasia, medley.
1845E. Holmes Mozart 38 The young musician wrote a symphony and a Quodlibet for the Installation festival of the Prince of Orange. |