unquibbled

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ quibbled

Adjective[edit]

unquibbled (comparative more unquibbled, superlative most unquibbled)

  1. Not quibbled over; plain; straightforward.
    • 1860, Ancient Danish Ballads, volume 2, page 266:
      And there with sword-hilt in his hand, / Its blade laid on a stone, / He sware a clear unquibbled oath, / And made her virtue known.
    • 1902, The Bookman, volume 14, page 187:
      The platform adopted consisted of one of the most unquibbled, straight-spoken and unanswerable arraignments of a corrupt administration known to American politics.