quolibet

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See also: quo libet

French

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Etymology

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Extracted from the Medieval Latin phrase dispūtātiōnes de quōlibet.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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quolibet m (plural quolibets)

  1. gibe, taunt

Descendants

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  • Romanian: quolibet

Further reading

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Latin

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Etymology

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From quō +‎ -libet.

Adverb

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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

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References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French quolibet.

Noun

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quolibet n (uncountable)

  1. quip, gibe, taunt

Declension

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