Quibbling, cavilling.
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释义 | the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > trivial argument, quibble > [adjective] (7) quidifical1542 Quibbling, cavilling. quidditative1611 Full of quiddities or equivocations; characterized by verbal niceties or quibbles. rare after 17th cent. quibbling1624 Of a person: that (habitually) makes quibbles. Of an argument, comment, etc.: characterized by quibbles; of the nature of a quibble. Cf. quibble, n. quirkish1673 Of the nature of a quirk (quirk, n.1 1a); quibbling. Obsolete. rare. chicaning1698 That employs chicanery; petty, deceitful, quibbling. Also: characterized by chicanery. quibbing1760 That raises petty objections or engages in argument about trivialities; = quibbling, adj. quibbly1895 Characterized by quibbles; of the nature of a quibble; quibbling. |
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