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