QUIDDLE

Etymology

Verb

quiddle (third-person singular simple present quiddles, present participle quiddling, simple past and past participle quiddled)

(intransitive, rare) To talk nonsense or speak vaguely, to waffle

(intransitive, rare) To spend or waste time in trifling employments, or to attend to useful subjects in a trifling superficial manner.

Source: Wiktionary


Quid"dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quiddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Quiddling.] Etym: [L. quid what.]

Definition: To spend time in trifling employments, or to attend to useful subjects in an indifferent or superficial manner; to dawdle.

Quid"dle, Quid"dler, n.

Definition: One who wastes his energy about trifles. Emerson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

26 April 2024

CITYSCAPE

(noun) a viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated area; “the dominant character of the cityscape is it poverty”


Do you know this game?

Wordscapes

Wordscapes is a popular word game consistently in the top charts of both Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The Android version has more than 10 million installs. This guide will help you get more coins in less than two minutes of playing the game. Continue reading Wordscapes: Get More Coins