单词 | caviller |
释义 | cavillern. One who cavils; a captious or frivolous objector, a quibbling disputant. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > objection > [noun] > petty or unfair > one who caviller1574 caffler1883 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > critic > captious plucker-atc1500 pick-fault1544 pick mote1549 trip-taker1556 mome1563 Momus1563 Zoilus1565 find-fault1567 caviller1574 carper1579 sheep-biter?1589 Zoilist1594 momist1597 word-catcher1659 knocker1898 crabber1909 kvetch1936 tearer-downer1942 nitpicker1951 kvetcher1968 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > frivolous, captious objection > [noun] > practitioner of hafter1519 brabbler1548 caviller1574 chicaneer1653 chicaner1673 contortionist1887 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). < n.1574 |
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