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quisquilious

quisquilious adjective: composed of bric-a-brac, miscellaneous.

Adjective

quisquilious (comparative more quisquilious, superlative most quisquilious)

  1. composed of bric-a-brac, miscellaneous
    • They publish too much-- more than used to be published: the science is overloaded by the quisquilious matter they rake together and preserve.1827, Jeremy Bentham, Rationale of Judicial Evidence chapter 26, paragraph 7
    • Quisquilious Sculpture on Display In the Garden.2008, Coleman Barks, Winter Sky: New and Selected Poems New Words

Forms of quisquilious

comparativemore quisquilious
superlativemost quisquilious

Origin of quisquilious

From Latin quisquilia (“bric-a-brac”).

Questions about quisquilious

What does quisquilious mean?
Quisquilious means composed of bric-a-brac, miscellaneous.
What part of speech is quisquilious?
Quisquilious is an adjective.

Words near quisquilious in the dictionary

  1. quisqualate
  2. quisqualates
  3. quisqualic acid
  4. quisqueite
  5. quisquilian
  6. quisquilious
  7. quisquis
  8. quisquose
  9. quisquous
  10. quisse
  11. quisser

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