quibblesome

quibblesome

English

Etymology

From quibble +‎ -some.

Adjective

quibblesome (comparative more quibblesome, superlative most quibblesome)

1. Characterised or marked by quibbling
   • 2016, R. Malamud, Poetic Animals and Animal Souls:

     My equivocation may seem quibblesome, but I can attest, from my personal experience of reading certain poetry, that this can happen; [...]