quodlibet

Noun

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. an issue that is presented for formal disputationType of issue
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Quod′li·bet (kwŏd′lĭ-bĕt), noun

Origin: L., what you please.

1. A nice point; a subtilty; a debatable point.

These are your quodlibets, but no learning.— Phineas Fletcher

2. Music A medley improvised by several performers.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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