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quibble (verb, noun):
verb
1: to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words
2a: carp
b: bicker
noun
1: an evasion of or shift from the point
2: a minor objection or criticism
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : The verb quibble followed the noun quibble, meaning "an evasion of or shift from the point" and "a minor objection or criticism," into the language in the mid-17th century. That word is likely a diminutive of a now-obsolete noun quib, also referring to an evasion of or shift from the point. Quib, in turn, likely comes from a form of Latin qui, meaning "who," that is also a distant relation of our word who.
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