ETYMOLOGY
from Latin quisquiliae (waste matter, refuse, rubbish) + ‑ous
EXAMPLE
“…He knows not what to say against them; and yet something must be said. They publish too much; more than used to be published: the science is overloaded by the quisquilious matter they rake together and preserve. They publish too soon; before they have taken the requisite time for digestion …”
From: Rationale of Judicial Evidence
By Jeremy Bentham, 1827
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