STICKLE


Meaning of STICKLE in English

intransitive verb (~d; stickling) Etymology: alteration of Middle English stightlen, frequentative of stighten to arrange, from Old English stihtan; akin to Old Norse stētta to found, support Date: 1642 to contend especially stubbornly and usually on insufficient grounds, to feel scruples ; scruple

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