Associations to the word «Quodlibet»

Wiktionary

QUODLIBET, noun. (music) A form of music with melodies in counterpoint.
QUODLIBET, noun. (art) A form of trompe l'oeil which realistically renders domestic items (paper-knives, playing-cards, ribbons, etc).
QUODLIBET, noun. (philosophy) A mode of philosophical debate popular in the Middle Ages, in which any question could be posed extemporaneously.

Dictionary definition

QUODLIBET, noun. An issue that is presented for formal disputation.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.