quarrel
quarrel Lexical Profile
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• noun
A heated argument or disagreement, typically about a trivial issue and between people who are usually on good terms.
"The two siblings resolved their quarrel before dinner and apologized to one another."
A reason for disagreement or complaint against a person, group, or principle.
"I have no quarrel with her research methodology, even if we interpret the final data differently."
A short, heavy arrow or bolt with a four-sided pyramidal head, historically shot from a crossbow.
"The museum display featured a medieval crossbow alongside several iron-tipped quarrels."
• verb
To have a heated argument or disagreement.
"The committee members quarreled for hours over how to allocate the annual budget."
To take exception to or find fault with something (typically followed by 'with').
"Few historians would quarrel with the conclusion that the treaty reshaped European borders."
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Word Origin & Etymology
The sense of a dispute comes via Old French 'querele' from Latin 'querella' ('complaint'), derived from 'queri' ('to complain'). The distinct sense of a crossbow bolt is a homonym derived via Old French 'quarrel' from Medieval Latin 'quadrellus' ('little square'), referring to its four-sided head.