| 词汇 | quibble |
| 词源 | quibble. The obsolete English word quib probably derived from the Latin quibus “who, which,” which appeared on many legal documents and came to be associated with odd quirks of the law. In any case, quib came to mean an ambiguous or petty argument and may be the source of quibble, meaning the same, as well as petty carping criticism. Quibble is first recorded in the 17th century. |
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