quillet

[ kwil-it ]

noun

, Archaic.

1. a subtlety or quibble.

quillet

/ ˈkwɪlɪt /

noun

1. archaic.
   a quibble or subtlety

Other Words From

• quillet·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of quillet¹

1580–90; earlier quillity, variant of quiddity

Word History and Origins

Origin of quillet¹

C16: from earlier quillity, perhaps an alteration of quiddity

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From New York Times

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

From Project Gutenberg