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61nitpick — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. find fault, carp, quibble, catch at straws, split hairs. See falsehood. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To raise unnecessary or trivial objections: carp, cavil, niggle, pettifog, quibble. Idiom:… …
62argue — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To endeavor to convince] Syn. plead, appeal, assert, maintain, claim, hold, explain, justify, elucidate, present, show, support, reason with, dispute, contend, oppose, demonstrate, establish, join issue, make a case for, put …
63Absurdity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Absurdity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 absurdity absurdity absurdness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 imbecility imbecility &c. 499 Sgm: N 1 alogy| alogy| nonsense Sgm: N 1 paradox paradox …
64pun — [17] Snappy monosyllables produced by breaking off a piece of a longer word were all the rage in late 17th and early 18th century England (mob is a well known example), and it is thought that pun may be one of them. It seems to be short for… …
65quib — from L. quibus by what (things)?, dative or ablative plural of quid what, neuter of quis (see WHO (Cf. who)). [A]s a word of frequent occurrence in legal documents ... hence associated with the quirks and quillets of the law. [OED]. Also Cf.… …
66quip — {{11}}quip (n.) 1530s, variant of quippy in same sense (1510s), perhaps from L. quippe indeed, forsooth (used sarcastically), from quid what, neut. of quis who (Cf. QUIBBLE (Cf. quibble) (n.)) + emphatic particle pe. {{12}}quip (v.) 1580s, from… …
67dodge — I. v. n. 1. Start aside, shift place suddenly, duck. 2. (Colloq.) Shuffle, evade, equivocate, quibble, prevaricate, use artifice, play fast and loose, be evasive. II. v. a. Evade (by starting or ducking). III. n. 1. Starti …
68pun — I. n. Quibble, clinch, calembourg, play upon words, witticism, conceit, paragram. II. v. n. Quibble, play upon words, make a pun …
69shuffle — I. v. a. Confuse, jumble, mix, shift, intermix, throw into disorder. II. v. n. 1. Prevaricate, quibble, equivocate, cavil, dodge, palter, evade, sophisticate. 2. Struggle, shift, make shift. III. n. Trick, quibble, prevarication, cavil, sophism,… …
70hedge — 1. noun 1) high hedges Syn: hedgerow, bushes; windbreak 2) an excellent hedge against a fall in the dollar Syn: safeguard, protection, shield, screen, guard, buffer, cushion; insurance …
