quarrel
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From Old French quarel (modern: querelle), from Vulgar Latin *quadrellus (diminutive of quadrus "square").
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quarrel (plural quarrels)
- A verbal dispute or heated argument.
- Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on one side - François de La Rochefoucauld
- A diamond-shaped piece of coloured glass forming part of a stained glass window.
- A square tile; quarry tile (from Old French quarrel or carreau; Latin quadrellus, from quadrus - a square)
- A square-headed arrow for a crossbow.
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- See also Wikisaurus:dispute
[edit] Translations
verbal dispute or heated argument
diamond-shaped piece of coloured glass forming part of a stained glass window
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[edit] Verb
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to quarrel (third-person singular simple present quarrels, present participle quarreling, simple past and past participle quarreled)
- To disagree very strongly; to argue.
- (Should we delete(+) this redundant sense?) To oppose or dispute angrily.
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) To complain bitterly.
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to disagree very strongly
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