quiddle

Quid"dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quiddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Quiddling.] Etym: [L. quid what.] Defn: To spend time in trifling employments, or to attend to useful subjects in an indifferent or superficial manner; to dawdle. Quid"dle, Quid"dler, n. Defn: One who wastes his energy about trifles. Emerson.

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