caviln.

/ˈkavɪl/

Etymology: < cavil v.

1. A captious, quibbling, or frivolous objection.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > objection > [noun] > petty or unfair > an instance of

cavillation1532

cavil1570

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > captious > instance of

cavil1570

carp1618

crab1893

nitpick1968

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > frivolous, captious objection > [noun] > instance of

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brabble1581

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chicane1639

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1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Kiv/1 A Cauill, calumnia.

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 336/2 I come now to the other part of your cavill, which is in all respectes as untrue and frivolous.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) ii. i. 386 That's but a cauill.

1656 T. Hobbes Six Lessons ii. 15 in Elements Philos. The ninth objection is an egregious cavill.

1735 G. Berkeley Def. Free-thinking in Math. §50 Whether there may not be fair objections as well as cavils.

1850 W. E. Gladstone Remarks Royal Supremacy 20 To meet this technical cavil on the wording of the Statutes.

2. The raising of frivolous objections; cavilling.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > objection > [noun] > petty or unfair

cavillation?1553

cavilling1565

cavil1597

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > frivolous, captious objection > [noun] > raising of

cavillation?1553

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cavil1597

chicaning1691

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. iv. 9 Wiser sort of men are not greatly moued hereat, considering how subiect the very best things haue bene alwayes vnto cauill.

1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. init. If there be any hole left for cauill to enter (and cauill, if it doe not finde a hole, will make one).

1729 Bp. J. Butler Serm. in Wks. (1874) II. Pref. 9 The first seems..the least liable to cavil and dispute.

1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) I. v. 144 His measures were sure to be the subject of perpetual cavil.

1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. viii. 183 There was no candidate whose claims were altogether without cavil.

†3. [cf. Latin cavilla.] A flout, gibe, jeer. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xxii. 235 Eumæus on his just infliction pass'd This pleasureable cavil.

Compounds

cavil-proof adj.

ΚΠ

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 103 James..granted them a new Corporation Cavill-proof against all exceptions.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

cavilv.

/ˈkavɪl/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s cavel(l.

Etymology: < Old French cavill-er (14th cent. in Godefroy) to mock, jest, rail, ‘to cauill, wrangle, reason crossely, speake ouer thwartly’ (Cotgrave), < Latin cavillāri (whence also Italian cavillare, Spanish cavilar, Portuguese cavillar), to practise jeering or mocking, satirize, jest, reason captiously, < cavilla a jeering, scoffing, raillery.

a. intransitive. ‘To raise captious and frivolous objections’ (Johnson); to object, dispute, or find fault unfairly or without good reason. Const. at, about (formerly also against, with, on).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (intransitive)] > captiously

apeluchier1340

pinchc1387

pick-fault1544

carp1548

cavil1548

snag1554

nibblea1591

catch1628

momize1654

niggle1796

nag1828

to pick on ——1864

snark1882

knock1892

nitpick1962

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > frivolous, captious objection > raise captiously [verb (intransitive)]

brabblec1500

cavil1548

shuffle1602

to lie at catch or upon the catch1611

to shuffle up and down1633

chicane1705

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark ii. f. 19^v Wheras ye can not thwarte and cauyll in the thynges you see doen before your iyes.

1564 Briefe Exam. ***** iij b Men dyd not cauill agaynst theyr whyte vestures.

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 28 Let no man cauil at my doing in that I have chaunged my opinion.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. i. 136 But in the way of bargaine..Ile cauill on the ninth part of a haire.

1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi i. §3. 14 After this manner, such mockers reasoned and cavilled with S. Peter.

1642 D. Rogers Naaman 8 He..who cavelled against the Prophet.

1750 Bp. W. Warburton Lett. (1809) 61 Without finding anything considerable to cavil with you upon.

1803 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population (new ed.) i. x. 126 When the harvest is over, they cavil about losses.

a1852 D. Webster Wks. (1877) VI. 163 Those who do not value Christianity..cavil about sects and schisms.

1871 D. G. Rossetti Dante at Verona liii To cavil in the weight of bread And to see purse-thieves gibbeted.

1884 Sir W. Brett in Law Times Rep. 51 530/1 The rule exists, and I have not the smallest intention of cavilling at it.

†b. with object-clause. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. i. f. 19 He may cauill that the hed of the equilater triangle shall not fall betwene the two right lines.

1715 J. Gay What d'ye call It Pref. sig. Av^v They cavil at it as a Comedy, that I had partly a View to Pastoral.

a. transitive. To object to or find fault with captiously.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > objection > object [verb (transitive)] > pettily or unfairly

cavil1581

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)] > captiously

upbraidc1290

bite1330

to gnap at1533

carp1550

cavil1581

carp1587

to pick at ——1603

to pick a hole (also holes) in1614

yark1621

vellicate1633

to peck at1641

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ploat1757

to get at ——1803

crab1819

to pick up1846

knock1892

snark1904

kvetchc1950

to pick nits1978

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chicanec1772

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 232/2 This were perhappes not altogether from the purpose, that is cavilled.

1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 422 Nor can you cauill him for leauing out the word.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 759 Wilt thou enjoy the good, Then cavil the conditions?

1750 W. Warburton Wks. (1811) VIII. 96 The testimony of Amm. Marcellinus, decisive as it is, hath been cavilled.

1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost ix. 256 There are men whose intellectual pride cavils and perverts..every truth of the revelation of God.

b. with away, out: To do away with, bring out, by cavilling.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)] > captiously > do away with or bring out by

cavil1642

1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 34 His seventh section labours to cavill out the flawes which were found in the Remonstrants logick.

1645 W. Jenkyn Serm. 28 'Tis this which doth cavill away our peace and holinesse.

1863 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtoniana I. 91 Nurse, cherish, never cavil away, the wholesome horror of Debt.

†3. in sense of Latin cavillāri. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Kiv^v/2 Cauil, calumniari, cauillari.

1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Cauill, to iest, scoffe, or reason subtilly.

1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Cauille, to mocke or flout in words, to reason ouerthwartly.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	cavil
释义	caviln. /ˈkavɪl/ Etymology: < cavil v. 1. A captious, quibbling, or frivolous objection. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > objection > [noun] > petty or unfair > an instance of cavillation1532 cavil1570 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > captious > instance of cavil1570 carp1618 crab1893 nitpick1968 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > frivolous, captious objection > [noun] > instance of cavillation1532 cavil1570 brabble1581 caption1605 snatcha1616 chicane1639 chicanery1683 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Kiv/1 A Cauill, calumnia. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 336/2 I come now to the other part of your cavill, which is in all respectes as untrue and frivolous. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) ii. i. 386 That's but a cauill. View more context for this quotation 1656 T. Hobbes Six Lessons ii. 15 in Elements Philos. The ninth objection is an egregious cavill. 1735 G. Berkeley Def. Free-thinking in Math. §50 Whether there may not be fair objections as well as cavils. 1850 W. E. Gladstone Remarks Royal Supremacy 20 To meet this technical cavil on the wording of the Statutes. 2. The raising of frivolous objections; cavilling. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > objection > [noun] > petty or unfair cavillation?1553 cavilling1565 cavil1597 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > frivolous, captious objection > [noun] > raising of cavillation?1553 cavilling1565 cavil1597 chicaning1691 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. iv. 9 Wiser sort of men are not greatly moued hereat, considering how subiect the very best things haue bene alwayes vnto cauill. 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. init. If there be any hole left for cauill to enter (and cauill, if it doe not finde a hole, will make one). 1729 Bp. J. Butler Serm. in Wks. (1874) II. Pref. 9 The first seems..the least liable to cavil and dispute. 1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) I. v. 144 His measures were sure to be the subject of perpetual cavil. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. viii. 183 There was no candidate whose claims were altogether without cavil. †3. [cf. Latin cavilla.] A flout, gibe, jeer. Obsolete. ΚΠ ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xxii. 235 Eumæus on his just infliction pass'd This pleasureable cavil. Compounds cavil-proof adj. ΚΠ 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 103 James..granted them a new Corporation Cavill-proof against all exceptions. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2021). cavilv. /ˈkavɪl/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s cavel(l. Etymology: < Old French cavill-er (14th cent. in Godefroy) to mock, jest, rail, ‘to cauill, wrangle, reason crossely, speake ouer thwartly’ (Cotgrave), < Latin cavillāri (whence also Italian cavillare, Spanish cavilar, Portuguese cavillar), to practise jeering or mocking, satirize, jest, reason captiously, < cavilla a jeering, scoffing, raillery. 1. a. intransitive. ‘To raise captious and frivolous objections’ (Johnson); to object, dispute, or find fault unfairly or without good reason. Const. at, about (formerly also against, with, on). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (intransitive)] > captiously apeluchier1340 pinchc1387 pick-fault1544 carp1548 cavil1548 snag1554 nibblea1591 catch1628 momize1654 niggle1796 nag1828 to pick on ——1864 snark1882 knock1892 nitpick1962 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > frivolous, captious objection > raise captiously [verb (intransitive)] brabblec1500 cavil1548 shuffle1602 to lie at catch or upon the catch1611 to shuffle up and down1633 chicane1705 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark ii. f. 19^v Wheras ye can not thwarte and cauyll in the thynges you see doen before your iyes. 1564 Briefe Exam. ***** iij b Men dyd not cauill agaynst theyr whyte vestures. 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 28 Let no man cauil at my doing in that I have chaunged my opinion. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. i. 136 But in the way of bargaine..Ile cauill on the ninth part of a haire. View more context for this quotation 1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi i. §3. 14 After this manner, such mockers reasoned and cavilled with S. Peter. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 8 He..who cavelled against the Prophet. 1750 Bp. W. Warburton Lett. (1809) 61 Without finding anything considerable to cavil with you upon. 1803 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population (new ed.) i. x. 126 When the harvest is over, they cavil about losses. a1852 D. Webster Wks. (1877) VI. 163 Those who do not value Christianity..cavil about sects and schisms. 1871 D. G. Rossetti Dante at Verona liii To cavil in the weight of bread And to see purse-thieves gibbeted. 1884 Sir W. Brett in Law Times Rep. 51 530/1 The rule exists, and I have not the smallest intention of cavilling at it. †b. with object-clause. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. i. f. 19 He may cauill that the hed of the equilater triangle shall not fall betwene the two right lines. 1715 J. Gay What d'ye call It Pref. sig. Av^v They cavil at it as a Comedy, that I had partly a View to Pastoral. 2. a. transitive. To object to or find fault with captiously. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > objection > object [verb (transitive)] > pettily or unfairly cavil1581 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)] > captiously upbraidc1290 bite1330 to gnap at1533 carp1550 cavil1581 carp1587 to pick at ——1603 to pick a hole (also holes) in1614 yark1621 vellicate1633 to peck at1641 snob1654 ploat1757 to get at ——1803 crab1819 to pick up1846 knock1892 snark1904 kvetchc1950 to pick nits1978 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > frivolous, captious objection > treat captiously [verb (transitive)] cavil1581 chicanec1772 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 232/2 This were perhappes not altogether from the purpose, that is cavilled. 1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 422 Nor can you cauill him for leauing out the word. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 759 Wilt thou enjoy the good, Then cavil the conditions? View more context for this quotation 1750 W. Warburton Wks. (1811) VIII. 96 The testimony of Amm. Marcellinus, decisive as it is, hath been cavilled. 1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost ix. 256 There are men whose intellectual pride cavils and perverts..every truth of the revelation of God. b. with away, out: To do away with, bring out, by cavilling. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)] > captiously > do away with or bring out by cavil1642 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 34 His seventh section labours to cavill out the flawes which were found in the Remonstrants logick. 1645 W. Jenkyn Serm. 28 'Tis this which doth cavill away our peace and holinesse. 1863 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtoniana I. 91 Nurse, cherish, never cavil away, the wholesome horror of Debt. †3. in sense of Latin cavillāri. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Kiv^v/2 Cauil, calumniari, cauillari. 1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Cauill, to iest, scoffe, or reason subtilly. 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Cauille, to mocke or flout in words, to reason ouerthwartly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1570v.1548
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