noun
- subtle distinctions or verbal quibbles, especially in legal or logical arguments
Usage: archaic; literary
Examples
- The lawyer’s quillets confused the jury with unnecessary complications.
- Shakespeare’s characters often engage in clever quillets and wordplay.
- The philosopher dismissed such quillets as irrelevant to the main argument.
- Legal quillets can obscure the true meaning of a contract.
- His speech was full of quillets that impressed few listeners.