noun
- Obsolete a play on words; pun
- an evasion of the main point as by emphasizing some petty detail; cavil
- a petty objection or criticism
Origin:
dim. < obs. quib < L quibus, abl. pl. of qui, which, who: quibus was common in legal documents
intransitive verb quibbled, quibbling
to evade the truth of a point under discussion by caviling; resort to a quibble