— quibbler , n.
/kwib"euhl/ , n. , v. , quibbled, quibbling .
n.
1. an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue.
2. the general use of such arguments.
3. petty or carping criticism; a minor objection.
v.i.
4. to equivocate.
5. to carp; cavil.
[ 1605-15; perh. deriv. (cf. -LE) of quib gibe, appar. akin to QUIP ]
Syn. 1. evasion, equivocation, sophism, shift, ambiguity.