quillet
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- quilleted adjective
Etymology
Origin of quillet
1580–90; earlier quillity, variant of quiddity
Example Sentences
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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
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