Quodlibet
noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A form of music with melodies in counterpoint.
- 2 an issue that is presented for formal disputation wordnet
- 3 A form of trompe l'oeil which realistically renders domestic items (paper-knives, playing-cards, ribbons, etc).
- 4 A card game that combines several different contracts.
- 5 A mode of philosophical debate popular in the Middle Ages, in which any question could be posed extemporaneously.
Etymology
From Latin quod libet (“that which is pleasing”).