The Collaborative International Dictionary
Quiddle
Quiddle \Quid"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quiddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Quiddling.] [L. quid what.] To spend time in trifling employments, or to attend to useful subjects in an indifferent or superficial manner; to dawdle.
Quiddle
Quiddle \Quid"dle\, Quiddler \Quid"dler\, n.
One who wastes his energy about trifles.
--Emerson.
Wiktionary
quiddle
vb. 1 (context intransitive rare English) To talk nonsense or speak vaguely, to waffle 2 (context intransitive rare English) To spend time or waste time in trifling employments, or to attend to useful subjects in a trifling superficial manner.
Usage examples of "quiddle".
She liked to quiddle about the china-closet, prepare the salt-cellars, put the spoons straight on the table.