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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.
Definition 2024
quodlibet
quodlibet
English
Noun
quodlibet (plural quodlibets)
- (music) A form of music with melodies in counterpoint.
- (art) A form of trompe l'oeil which realistically renders domestic items (paper-knives, playing-cards, ribbons, etc).
- (philosophy) A mode of philosophical debate popular in the Middle Ages, in which any question could be posed extemporaneously.
Related terms
- quodlibetarian
- quodlibetic
- quodlibetical
- quodlibetically