- caviler
- noun see cavil
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
caviler
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Caviler — Cav il*er or Caviller Cav il*ler ( [ e]r), n. One who cavils. [1913 Webster] Cavilers at the style of the Scriptures. Boyle. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
caviler — index disputant, malcontent Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
caviler — noun A person who cavils; a faultfinder, quibbler or nitpicker a man who comments on the Bible affords all the opportunity a caviler could wish for … Wiktionary
caviler — See cavil. * * * … Universalium
caviler — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A person who finds fault, often severely and willfully: carper, critic, criticizer, faultfinder, hypercritic, niggler, nitpicker, quibbler. See PRAISE … English dictionary for students
caviler — cav·il·er || kævlÉ™ n. one who looks for defects or faults … English contemporary dictionary
caviler — cav·il·er … English syllables
caviler — noun a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections • Syn: ↑quibbler, ↑caviller, ↑pettifogger • Derivationally related forms: ↑pettifog (for: ↑pettifogger), ↑cavil, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Caviller — Caviler Cav il*er or Caviller Cav il*ler ( [ e]r), n. One who cavils. [1913 Webster] Cavilers at the style of the Scriptures. Boyle. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cavil — caviler; esp. Brit., caviller, n. cavilingly; esp. Brit., cavillingly, adv. /kav euhl/, v., caviled, caviling or (esp. Brit.) cavilled, cavilling, n. v.i. 1. to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily (usually fol.… … Universalium
