cavillationn.

/kavɪˈleɪʃən/

Forms: Middle English kauelacion, Middle English–1500s cauel(l)acion, ( -acyoun, etc.), Middle English–1600s cau-, cavil(l)-, cavyl(l)acion, 1500s cauel(l)ation, 1600s cavilation, Middle English– cavillation.

Etymology: < French cavillation (13th cent. cavillacion in Littré), < Latin cavillātiōn-em a jeering, scoffing, in medieval Latin a legal subterfuge, chicane, < cavillāri (see cavil v.).

Cavilling.

†a. In early use, esp. The making of captious, frivolous, quibbling, or unfair objections, arguments, or charges, in legal proceedings; the use of legal quibbles, or taking advantage of technical flaws, so as to overreach or defraud; hence, chicanery, trickery, overreaching sophistry. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

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

cavillation138.

hafting1519

brabbling1532

brabblementa1563

chicanery1589

caption1605

illaqueation1605

argutation1641

chicane1681

138. J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 198 Ne cavyllacion ne procuratour schal be þere.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 2275 Nawþer fyked I ne flaȝe, freke, quen þou myntest, Ne kest no kauelacion.

1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1859) iv. xxix. 62 Yf lawes be keped stably withoute ony cauyllacions, or fals fauoure of persones.

a1500 Songs & Carols (Wright) 66 (Mätz.) Was not Adam..Arystotyll, Vergyll, by a womans cavylacion Browt to iniquyte and to mych woo?

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xx. 131 Aye inuentand cauillatione & vrang titilis to hef ther nychtbours heretagis.

1617 G. Webbe Pract. Quietness (ed. 2) xix. 285 If these accusations..are either meere surmises, or forged cauillations.

1636 D. Featley Clavis Mystica xxix. 373 Bribery and forged cavillations [haunt] the courts of justice.

b. = cavilling n.

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

?1553–77 Life Fisher (Harl. 6382) (1921) 41 Lest some cavillacion might in time arise about this matter.

1671 R. McWard True Non-conformist 120 Those who have cleared this point above cavillation.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. v. ⁋132 We have instead of a Narration, a World of Cavillation.

1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe II. iii. 155 A good deal more follows in the same sophistical style of cavillation.

c. = cavil n. 1. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

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

plitchinga1400

carpingc1400

cavillation1532

pinching1532

nibbling?1577

Zoilism1609

carp1618

snagging1642

find-faulting1654

word-catching1713

pickthanking1861

kvetchingc1950

nitpicking1951

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

cavillation1532

cavil1570

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

1532 T. More Let. Impugnynge J. Fryth in Wks. 835/2 To trifle out the trouth of Goddes wordes; with cauillacions grounded vpon goddes other wordes.

1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde Prol. sig. C.ii With diuers other such lyke cauyllations and reasons.

1655 J. Howell 4th Vol. Familiar Lett. xxiii. 61 Left-handed arguments, approching rather the nature of cavillations.

1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic III. vi. ii. 420 Provided always it were interpreted healthily, and not dislocated by cavillations and sinister interpolations.

†2. = Latin cavillatio, a jeering, scoffing. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii Merry Taunts, Cauillations.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Cavillation, a mock or jest.

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

单词	cavillation
释义	cavillationn. /kavɪˈleɪʃən/ Forms: Middle English kauelacion, Middle English–1500s cauel(l)acion, ( -acyoun, etc.), Middle English–1600s cau-, cavil(l)-, cavyl(l)acion, 1500s cauel(l)ation, 1600s cavilation, Middle English– cavillation. Etymology: < French cavillation (13th cent. cavillacion in Littré), < Latin cavillātiōn-em a jeering, scoffing, in medieval Latin a legal subterfuge, chicane, < cavillāri (see cavil v.). Cavilling. 1. †a. In early use, esp. The making of captious, frivolous, quibbling, or unfair objections, arguments, or charges, in legal proceedings; the use of legal quibbles, or taking advantage of technical flaws, so as to overreach or defraud; hence, chicanery, trickery, overreaching sophistry. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > frivolous, captious objection > [noun] cavillation138. hafting1519 brabbling1532 brabblementa1563 chicanery1589 caption1605 illaqueation1605 argutation1641 chicane1681 138. J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 198 Ne cavyllacion ne procuratour schal be þere. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 2275 Nawþer fyked I ne flaȝe, freke, quen þou myntest, Ne kest no kauelacion. 1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1859) iv. xxix. 62 Yf lawes be keped stably withoute ony cauyllacions, or fals fauoure of persones. a1500 Songs & Carols (Wright) 66 (Mätz.) Was not Adam..Arystotyll, Vergyll, by a womans cavylacion Browt to iniquyte and to mych woo? c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xx. 131 Aye inuentand cauillatione & vrang titilis to hef ther nychtbours heretagis. 1617 G. Webbe Pract. Quietness (ed. 2) xix. 285 If these accusations..are either meere surmises, or forged cauillations. 1636 D. Featley Clavis Mystica xxix. 373 Bribery and forged cavillations [haunt] the courts of justice. b. = cavilling n. 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 ?1553–77 Life Fisher (Harl. 6382) (1921) 41 Lest some cavillacion might in time arise about this matter. 1671 R. McWard True Non-conformist 120 Those who have cleared this point above cavillation. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. v. ⁋132 We have instead of a Narration, a World of Cavillation. 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe II. iii. 155 A good deal more follows in the same sophistical style of cavillation. c. = cavil n. 1. archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > captious plitchinga1400 carpingc1400 cavillation1532 pinching1532 nibbling?1577 Zoilism1609 carp1618 snagging1642 find-faulting1654 word-catching1713 pickthanking1861 kvetchingc1950 nitpicking1951 the mind > language > statement > objection > [noun] > petty or unfair > an instance of cavillation1532 cavil1570 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 1532 T. More Let. Impugnynge J. Fryth in Wks. 835/2 To trifle out the trouth of Goddes wordes; with cauillacions grounded vpon goddes other wordes. 1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde Prol. sig. C.ii With diuers other such lyke cauyllations and reasons. 1655 J. Howell 4th Vol. Familiar Lett. xxiii. 61 Left-handed arguments, approching rather the nature of cavillations. 1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic III. vi. ii. 420 Provided always it were interpreted healthily, and not dislocated by cavillations and sinister interpolations. †2. = Latin cavillatio, a jeering, scoffing. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii Merry Taunts, Cauillations. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Cavillation, a mock or jest. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.138.
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