˜yÐÄvlog

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quillet

[ kwil-it ]

noun

Archaic.
  1. a subtlety or quibble.


quillet

/ ˈ°ì·Éɪ±ôɪ³Ù /

noun

  1. archaic.
    a quibble or subtlety
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of quillet1

1580–90; earlier quillity, variant of quiddity
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of quillet1

C16: from earlier quillity, perhaps an alteration of quiddity
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Example Sentences

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The beans are from Télescope's David Flynn, the sandwiches, cookies and tartlets from Quillet and Trattles, and the clever chairs from Pierre Hourquet.

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Quillet, kwil′et, n. a trick in argument: a petty quibble.

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The two Verses quoted out of Horace: Si fractus, &c. are not so well imitated by the Gentleman that turned Cato's Siloloquy into Latin, as to defy a Comparison; Orbesque fractis ingerentur orbibus Ill�sa tu sedebis extra fragmina But not to be always running back to the Antients, let us have Recourse to the Moderns, particularly Quillet, and we shall find something in this Kind of Thinking.

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The restaurant opened in the fall with Alice Quillet and Anna Trattles in the kitchen.

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"Dost remember the night on which we consulted with Lawyer Quillet at the Blue Boar Inn?"

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