stickle

stick·le

verb \ˈsti-kəl\

stick·ledstick·ling\-k(ə-)liŋ\

Definition of STICKLE

intransitive verb

1

: to contend especially stubbornly and usually on insufficient grounds

2

: to feel scruples : scruple

Origin of STICKLE

alteration of Middle English stightlen, frequentative of stighten to arrange, from Old English stihtan; akin to Old Norse stētta to found, support

First Known Use: 1642

Rhymes with STICKLE

brickle, chicle, fickle, mickle, nickel, pickle, prickle, sickle, tical, tickle, trickle