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quodlibet
[ kwod-luh-bet ]
noun
- a subtle or elaborate argument or point of debate, usually on a theological or scholastic subject.
- Music. a humorous composition consisting of two or more independent and harmonically complementary melodies, usually quotations of well-known tunes, played or sung together, usually to different texts, in a polyphonic arrangement.
quodlibet
/ ˈkwɒdlɪˌbɛt /
noun
- a light piece of music based on two or more popular tunes
- a subtle argument, esp one prepared as an exercise on a theological topic
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Derived Forms
- ˌquodliˈbetically, adverb
- ˌquodliˈbetical, adjective
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Other Words From
- quodli·betic quodli·beti·cal adjective
- quodli·beti·cl·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of quodlibet1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of quodlibet1
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Example Sentences
It was a quodlibet from “Gaudeamus igitur,” “Vive la joie,” and “God save the king.”
In with him to the stocks; there let him sit till to-morrow morning, that Justice Quodlibet may examine him.
It is a Quodlibet, or strain of wit and invention screwed above the vulgar conceit, to beget admiration.
The climax was reached in the quodlibet, when all joined in a sort of comic chorus.
Sebastian Bach—The clan feeling—A sixteenth century quodlibet.
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