quibbling
詭辭
Quib·ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quibbled p. pr. & vb. n. Quibbling ]
1. To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate.
2. To pun; to practice punning.
Syn: -- To cavil; shuffle; equivocate; trifle.
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quibbling
adj : quibbling over insignificant details; "caviling pettifoggers
and quiggling pleaders"-Edmund Burke; "her nagging and
carping attack"; "thought her editor unnecessarily
nitpicking"; "a pettifogging lawyer's mind"; "had no
patience with quibbling critics" [syn: caviling, carping,
nitpicking, pettifogging]