stickle
To raise objections; to argue stubbornly, especially over minor or trivial mattersTo raise objections; to argue stubbornly, especially over minor or trivial matters.
Meaning
7 senses(UK, dialectal)To raise objections; to argue stubbornly, especially over minor or trivial matters.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete)To act as referee or arbiter; to mediate.
(UK, archaic, dialectal)To argue or struggle for.
dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points)
(UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive)To separate, as combatants; hence, to quiet, to appease, as disputants.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive)To intervene in; to stop, or put an end to, by intervening.
(UK, dialectal, intransitive, obsolete)To separate combatants by intervening.
(UK, dialectal, intransitive, obsolete)To contend, contest, or altercate, especially in a pertinacious manner on insufficient grounds.
Origin
From a variant of stightle (“to order, arrange, direct”), from Middle English stightelen,From a variant of stightle (“to order, arrange, direct”), from Middle English stightelen, stiȝtlen, stihilen, stihlen, equivalent to stight (“to order, rule, govern”) + -le (frequentative suffix).
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Forms
stickles, stickling, stickled, stickledWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle