[quib.ble] vb quib.bled ; quib.bling vi (1656) 1: to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words
2. a: cavil, carp b: bicker ~ vt: to subject to quibbles -- quib.bler n
[2]quibble n [prob. dim. of obs. quib quibble] (1670) 1: an evasion of or shift from the point
2: a minor objection or criticism