— quodlibetic, quodlibetical , adj. — quodlibeticlly , adv.
/kwod"leuh bet'/ , n.
1. a subtle or elaborate argument or point of debate, usually on a theological or scholastic subject.
2. Music. a humorous composition consisting of two or more independent and harmonically complementary melodies, usually quotations of well-known tunes, played or sung together, usually to different texts, in a polyphonic arrangement.
[ 1350-1400; ME quodlibetum; cf. L quod libet what pleases, as you please ]