quibblesome

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English

Etymology

From quibble +‎ -some.

Adjective

quibblesome (comparative more quibblesome, superlative most quibblesome)

  1. Characterised or marked by quibbling
    • 2016, R. Malamud, Poetic Animals and Animal Souls:
      My equivocation may seem quibblesome, but I can attest, from my personal experience of reading certain poetry, that this can happen; [...]
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