† ˌquodlibeˈtificate, v. trans.
To deal quibblingly with. nonce-wd. So also † ˈquodlibeting a., dealing in quodlibets. † ˈquodlibetist, one who deals in quodlibets. Obs.
| 1610 Cooke Pope Joan in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) IV. 96 Watson, the quodlibetting priest. 1626 W. Fenner Hidden Manna (1652) 22 These heretical Opinionists, schismatical Quodlibetists. ? 1743 in M. Pennington Mem. Eliz. Carter (1816) II. 147 To..quodlibetificate any word into a pun. |