quarrel

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We stood face to face in our true light, like two egoists trying to procure the greatest possible enjoyment, like two individuals trying to mutually exploit each other So what I called our quarrel was our actual situation as it appeared after the satisfaction of sensual desire.

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  1. noun An angry dispute; an altercation.
  2. noun A cause of a dispute or an argument: We have no quarrel with the findings of the committee.
  3. intransitive verb To engage in a quarrel; dispute angrily. See Synonyms at argue.
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dispute ·  feud ·  strife ·  conflict ·  jealousy ·  hostility ·  contest ·  contention ·  misunderstanding ·  rebellion ·  enmity ·  tragedy

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quarrel:   quarrels
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  1. Middle English querele, from Old French, complaint, from Latin querella, querēla, from querī, to complain; see kwes- in Indo-European roots.
  2. Middle English quarel, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *quadrellus, diminutive of Late Latin quadrus, square, from Latin quadrum; see kwetwer- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also quarel, querel; from Middle English quarel, quarell, quarelle, querel, querele, from Old French querele, French querelle = Provencal querela, querella = Spanish querella = Portuguese querela = Italian querela, from Latin querela, a complaining, a complaint, from queri, past participle questus, complain, lament. Cf. querent, querimony, querulous, etc., from the same source.
  2. Early modern English also quarel, querel; from Old French quereler, quereller, complain, complain of. accuse, sue, claim, French quereller, quarrel with, scold, reflexive have a quarrel, quarrel, = Provencal querelhar = Spanish querellar, complain, lament, bewail, complain of, = Portuguese querelar, complain, = Italian querelare, complain of, accuse, indict, reflexive complain, lament, from Latin querelari, make a complaint, Middle Latin querelare, complain, complain of, accuse, from Latin querela, complaint, quarrel: see quarrel, n.
  3. from Middle English quarel, from Old French quarrel, quarel, carrel, later quarreau, French carreau = Provencal cairel = Spanish cuadrillo, a small square, = Italian quadrello, a square tile, a diamond, a crossbow-bolt, from Middle Latin quadrellus, a square tile, a crossbow-bolt, diminutive of Latin quadrum, a square: see quadrum.
  4. Early modern English also quarrell, quarel; from Middle English quarelle, querelle, a quarry, a variant of quarrer, from Old French quarrere, a quarry: see quarry.
 

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