quibble
verb [intransitive]- quibble (about/over something)
to argue or complain about a small matter or an unimportant detail （为小事）争论，发牢骚；斤斤计较；吹毛求疵 Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘play on words, pun’): diminutive of obsolete quib ‘a petty objection’, probably from Latin quibus, dative and ablative plural of qui, quae, quod ‘who, what, which’, frequently used in legal documents and so associated with subtle distinctions or verbal niceties.