caviller

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{n} one who cavils, a captious disputant
{i} one who looks for defects, one who finds fault, one who criticizes
One who cavils
cavil
A petty or trivial objection or criticism
cavil
To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons
caviler
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.

a caviller
{n} carper
cavil
{v} to raise objections, wrangle, quarrel
cavil
{n} a captious or frivolous objection
cavil
cav·il cavils cavilling cavilled in AM, use caviling, caviled disapproval If you say that someone cavils at something, you mean that they make criticisms of it that you think are unimportant or unnecessary. Let us not cavil too much I don't think this is the time to cavil at the wording of the report. = quibble Cavil is also a noun. These cavils aside, most of the essays are very good indeed. to make unnecessary complaints about someone or something cavil at (cavillari , from cavilla )
cavil
an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
cavil
{i} fault-finding criticism; annoying and insignificant objection; raising of cavils
cavil
To cavil at
cavil
To criticise for petty reasons
cavil
{f} complain, criticize, find fault, raise annoying and insignificant objections
cavil
raise trivial objections
cavil
To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason
caviler
a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections
caviler
One who cavils
caviler
{i} one who looks for defects or faults
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