n.
- a slight objection or criticism.
- archaic a pun.
v.
argue about a trivial matter.
Derivative
- quibbler n.
- quibbling adj.
- quibblingly adv.
Etymology
C17: dimin. of obs. quib ‘a petty objection’, prob. from L. quibus, dative and ablative pl. of qui, quae, quod ‘who, what, which’, freq. used in legal documents.
