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quillet [kwil-it] ExamplesWord Origin noun Archaic.
- a subtlety or quibble.
Origin of quillet 1580–90; earlier quillity, variant of quiddity Related formsquil·let·ed, adjective Examples from the Web for quillet Historical Examples of quillet
You may take the witness, if you wish to cross-examine her, said Mr. Quillet.
William C. Falkner
Quillet, whispered Hogjaw, you have caught a tartar, I think.
William C. Falkner
Wallingford was then turned over to Mr. Quillet for cross-examination.
William C. Falkner
Stop, said Quillet, dont tell anything about what your husband said.
William C. Falkner
We ask your Honor to exclude what defendant said, exclaimed Quillet.
William C. Falkner
British Dictionary definitions for quillet quillet noun
- archaic a quibble or subtlety
Word Origin for quillet C16: from earlier quillity, perhaps an alteration of quiddity Word Origin and History for quillet n.
“a quibble,” obsolete, “prob. a corruption of L. quidlibet ‘what you please'” [Klein].