quolibet

See also: quo libet

French

Etymology

Extracted from the Medieval Latin phrase dispūtātiōnes de quōlibet.

Pronunciation

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Noun

quolibet m (plural quolibets)

1. gibe, taunt

Descendants

• → Romanian: quolibet

Further reading

• “quolibet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Etymology

From quō +‎ -libet.

Adverb

quōlibet (not comparable)

1. whithersoever (to wherever it pleases; in whatever place)

   In quolibet barbariae angulo colloceris...

   In whatever corner of the barbarian world you would be...(Seneca)

Descendants

• → French: quolibet
  • → Romanian: quolibet

References

• “quolibet”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “quolibet”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quolibet in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French quolibet.

Noun

quolibet n (uncountable)

1. quip, gibe, taunt

Declension

declension of quolibet (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) quolibet	quolibetul
genitive/dative	(unui) quolibet	quolibetului
vocative	quolibetule