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Definition quarrel

Etymology 1

From Old French querele (modern French querelle), itself from Latin querella (“complaint”), from queror (“I lament, I complain”).

Replaced Old English sacan by 1340 as “ground for complaint”.

Noun

quarrel (plural quarrels)

1. A verbal dispute or heated argument.
2. A ground of dispute or objection; a complaint.
3. (obsolete) earnest desire or longing.

Verb

quarrel (third-person singular simple present quarrels, present participle (UK) quarrelling or (US) quarreling, simple past and past participle (UK) quarrelled or (US) quarreled) (intransitive)

1. (intransitive) To disagree.
2. (intransitive) To contend, argue fiercely, squabble.
3. (intransitive) To find fault; to cavil.
4. (transitive, obsolete) To argue or squabble with.

Etymology 2

From Middle English as "square-headed bolt for a crossbow" c.1225, borrowed from Old French quarel (modern French carreau), from Vulgar Latin *quadrellus, the diminutive of Latin quadrus (“a square”). Related to quattuor (“four”).

Noun

quarrel (plural quarrels)

1. A diamond-shaped piece of coloured glass forming part of a stained glass window.
2. A square tile; quarry tile.
3. A square-headed arrow for a crossbow.
4. A small opening in window tracery, of which the cusps etc. make the form nearly square.
5. A four-sided cutting tool or chisel with a diamond-shaped end.

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