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单词 caviller
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cavillern.

/ˈkavɪlə/
Etymology: < cavil v. + -er suffix1.
One who cavils; a captious or frivolous objector, a quibbling disputant.
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the mind > language > statement > objection > [noun] > petty or unfair > one who
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caffler1883
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > critic > captious
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > frivolous, captious objection > [noun] > practitioner of
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1574 J. Whitgift Def. Aunswere to Admon. 429 (R.) You are but a shifting cauiller.
1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 505 Of greater moment than perhaps Detractors and Cavillers imagine.
1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia II. xxx. 41 That it is doubted by single cavillers can very little weaken the general evidence.
1869 C. H. Spurgeon John Ploughman's Talk 17 Cavillers..find fault for the sake of showing off their deep knowledge.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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