quiddle

verb /ˈkwɪdəl/

1. To talk nonsense or speak vaguely, to waffle

   intransitive, rare

   He couldn't stop quiddling about the weather.

2. To spend or waste time in trifling employments, or to attend to useful subjects in a trifling superficial manner.

   intransitive, rare

Where it comes from

From Latin quid (“what”). Cognate with Dutch kwedelen.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry quiddle (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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