Meanings
adjectivequisquilious (comparative more quisquilious, superlative most quisquilious)
comparative more quisquilious · superlative most quisquilious
- composed of bric-a-brac, miscellaneous
Quisquilious Sculpture on Display In the Garden.
2008, Coleman Barks, Winter Sky: New and Selected Poems New Words1 more example
They publish too much-- more than used to be published: the science is overloaded by the quisquilious matter they rake together and preserve.
1827, Jeremy Bentham, Rationale of Judicial Evidence chapter 26, paragraph 7
Origin
- Latinquisquilia“bric-a-brac”
- Englishquisquilious
From Latin quisquilia (“bric-a-brac”).
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Chicago
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