quiblet Obs. exc. U.S.
(ˈkwɪblɪt)
[f. quib or quibble: see -let.]
= quibble n.
| 1630 J. Taylor (Water P.) Wit & Mirth Wks. 181/2 A quiblet..Nay, then I cannot blame you to be angry. 1636 Abp. Williams Holy Table (1637) 128 This Quiblet is grounded upon a mere Errour of the Printer. 1681 T. Flatman Heraclitus Ridens No. 46 (1713) II. 43, I cannot admire the Quiblet of the Influences of a Half-moon. 1890 Barrère & Leland Slang Dict., Quiblets (American), a kind of witticism much in vogue in negro minstrelsy. |