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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

quibbling en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkwɪblɪŋ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. petty argument
    • Suddenly he perceived that he was sure of God. Not perhaps of the God of Nicaea, but what did these poor little quibblings and definitions of the theologians matter? 1917, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, chapter 5, in The Soul of a Bishop:

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quibbling en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkwɪblɪŋ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of quibble
    form of quibble