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quibblings

quibblings is the plural of quibbling.

Meaning of quibbling

Noun

quibbling (plural quibblings)

  1. petty argument
    • Suddenly he perceived that he was sure of God. Not perhaps of the God of Nicaea, but what did these poor little quibblings and definitions of the theologians matter?1917, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, chapter 5, in The Soul of a Bishop

Questions about quibblings

What is quibblings the plural of?
Quibblings is the plural of quibbling.

Words near quibblings in the dictionary

  1. quibblers
  2. quibbles
  3. quibblesome
  4. quibbling
  5. quibblingly
  6. quibblings
  7. quibbly
  8. Quiberon
  9. quiblet
  10. quiblets
  11. quibs

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