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quotlibet

Syllables: quot·li·bet/ˈkwɔːt.ləˌbɛt/UK/ˈkwɒt.ləˌbɛt/

quotlibet is the obsolete form of quodlibet.

Meaning of quodlibet

Noun

quodlibet (plural quodlibets)

  1. A form of music with melodies in counterpoint.
  2. A form of trompe l'oeil which realistically renders domestic items (paper-knives, playing-cards, ribbons, etc).
  3. A card game that combines several different contracts.
  4. A mode of philosophical debate popular in the Middle Ages, in which any question could be posed extemporaneously.

Forms of quotlibet

pluralquotlibets

Questions about quotlibet

What is quotlibet the obsolete form of?
Quotlibet is the obsolete form of quodlibet.
How do you pronounce quotlibet?
Quotlibet is pronounced /ˈkwɒt.ləˌbɛt/ (UK).

Words near quotlibet in the dictionary

  1. quotings
  2. quotities
  3. quotition
  4. quotitive
  5. quotity
  6. quotlibet
  7. quotlibets
  8. Quotron
  9. Quotrons
  10. quots.
  11. Quotskuyva

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Adapted from Wiktionary: quotlibet (page history and authors); quodlibet (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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