Definition of Quiddler

1. Noun. (archaic) A waster of time; an idler or dawdler. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Quiddler

1. someone who quiddles [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quiddler

quid pro quos
quidam
quidams
quiddanies
quiddany
quiddative
quidded
quidding
quiddit
quidditative
quiddities
quiddits
quiddity
quiddle
quiddled
quiddler (current term)
quiddlers
quiddles
quiddling
quidlet
quidlets
quidnunc
quidnuncery
quidnuncs
quids
quids in
quiesce
quiesced
quiescence
quiescences

Literary usage of Quiddler

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Explanatory and Pronouncing Dictionary of the Noted Names of Fiction by William Adolphus Wheeler (1872)
"A French proper name, the diminutive of Jean (John), used proverbially to designate a simpleton, a quiddler, one who exercises a silly ingenuity. ..."

2. Autumn Leaves by Samuel Jackson Gardner (1865)
"The hasty man is the opposite of the quiddler, but there is little to choose between them. The former, indeed, brings the most to ..."

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