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Webster 1913 Edition


Quodlibet


Quod′li-bet

(kwŏd′lĭ-bĕt)
,
Noun.
[L., what you please.]
1.
A nice point; a subtilty; a debatable point.
These are your
quodlibets
, but no learning.
P. Fletcher.
2.
(Mus.)
A medley improvised by several performers.

Webster 1828 Edition


Quodlibet

QUOD'LIBET

,
Noun.
[L. what you please.] A nice point; a subtilty.

Definition 2024


quodlibet

quodlibet

English

Noun

quodlibet (plural quodlibets)

  1. (music) A form of music with melodies in counterpoint.
  2. (art) A form of trompe l'oeil which realistically renders domestic items (paper-knives, playing-cards, ribbons, etc).
  3. (philosophy) A mode of philosophical debate popular in the Middle Ages, in which any question could be posed extemporaneously.

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Noun

quodlibet m (invariable)

  1. quodlibet (all senses)

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