quiddle Meaning, Definition & Usage

Quid"dle intransitive verb

Etymology

L. quid what.

Wordforms

imperfect & past participle Quiddled ; present participle & verbal noun Quiddling

Definitions

1. To spend time in trifling employments, or to attend to useful subjects in an indifferent or superficial manner; to dawdle.

Quid"dle, Quid"dler noun (Also<

• Quiddle
• Quiddler

)

Definitions

1. One who wastes his energy about trifles. Emerson.