quiddle

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/ˈkwɪdəl/

verb

To talk nonsense or speak vaguely, to waffle

“He couldn't stop quiddling about the weather.”

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Meanings

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

present singular third person quiddles · participle present quiddling · participle past quiddled · past quiddled

  1. intransitiverareTo talk nonsense or speak vaguely, to waffle

    He couldn't stop quiddling about the weather.

  2. intransitiverareTo spend or waste time in trifling employments, or to attend to useful subjects in a trifling superficial manner.

Origin

From Latin quid (“what”). Cognate with Dutch kwedelen.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with quiddle

middlefiddleriddlegriddlediddleidylltwiddlepiddlewiddleparadiddle
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Cite this entry
APA

quiddle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quiddle

MLA

“quiddle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quiddle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quiddle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quiddle.

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