stickle
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.stick·le
intransitive verb \ˈsti-kəl\stick·ledstick·ling \-k(ə-)liŋ\
Definition of STICKLE
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
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