quolibet

See also: quo libet

French

Etymology

Extracted from the Medieval Latin phrase dispūtātiōnes de quōlibet.

Noun

quolibet m (plural quolibets)

gibe, taunt

Further reading

“quolibet” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Etymology

From quō +‎ -libet.

Adverb

quōlibet (not comparable)

whithersoever (to wherever it pleases)

References

quolibet in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
quolibet in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
quolibet in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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