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quibbling en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈkwɪblɪŋ/
- (Southern-England) audio
Meanings
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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:
Forms
quibbling en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈkwɪblɪŋ/
- (Southern-England) audio
Meanings
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of quibble