quibble
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noun
1. a slight objection or criticism about a trivial matter:
難癖, 屁理屈, 言い逃れ, あら捜し
e.g. the only quibble about this book is the price.
2. archaic a play on words; a pun.
｟やや古｠ 地口, 語呂合わせ
verb no object
argue or raise objections about a trivial matter:
｟否定的に｠ «…について» あら捜しをする, 難癖をつける; 屁理屈を言う, 言い逃れをする «over, about, with»
e.g. they are always quibbling about the amount they are prepared to pay.
DERIVATIVES
quibbler |ˈkwib(ə)lər| noun
ORIGIN
early 17th century (in the sense ‘play on words, pun’): diminutive of obsolete quib ‘a petty objection’, probably from Latin quibus, dative and ablative plural of qui, quae, quod ‘who, what, which’, frequently used in legal documents and so associated with subtle distinctions or verbal niceties.