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caviler

noun

Etymology

From cavil + -er.

  1. derived from cavillor
  2. derived from caviller
  3. suffixed as caviler — “cavil + er”

Definitions

  1. A person who cavils

    A person who cavils; a faultfinder, quibbler or nitpicker

    • 1817 John Nicholas - Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century a man who comments on the Bible affords all the opportunity a caviler could wish for.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA