† cavillousadj.

Etymology: < Latin cavillōsus ( < cavilla : see cavil n. and -ous suffix; or < Old French cavilleus, -eux in same sense.

Obsolete.

Full of cavils or cavilling; (of persons) apt to cavil.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [adjective] > captiously

captiousc1380

pick-fault1544

fastidious?1555

sharp-nosed1561

cavillous?1571

carpacious1574

cavillinga1576

find-fault1576

Zoilous1577

carpinga1586

exceptious1602

quarrellous1610

exceptive1623

Zoilitical1665

nibbling1691

pickthanking1830

Zoilean1846

snippy1848

nitpicking1948

nitpicky1962

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

captious1447

hafting1519

brabbling1549

cavillous?1571

cavillinga1576

caffling1591

cavilsome1611

cavillatory1641

?1571 tr. G. Buchanan Detectioun Marie Quene of Scottes sig. Hiij^v Though we wald schyft it of by cauillous expounding.

1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Chron. 330 Bassian was..also more cauillous and troublesome.

1644 K. Digby Two Treat. ii. viii. 415 Cauillous scrupules, and wilde doubts.

1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 56 Cavillous and unfaithful Advocates, by whose Fraud and Iniquity, Justice is destroy'd.

1851 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy in 1848 354 The war-ministry were lukewarm, cavillous, impracticable.

Derivatives

† ˈcavillously adv. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [adverb] > captiously

captiously1539

cavillously1561

cavillingly1570

carpingly1577

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

captiously1539

cavillously1561

cavillingly1570

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) i. xiii. 59 Falsly and cavillously they ascribe unto us a device of their owne braine.

1649 J. Milton Observations in Articles of Peace with Irish Rebels 48 By the Covenant it self, since that so cavillously is urg'd against us.

cavillousness n.

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

单词	cavillous
释义	† cavillousadj. Etymology: < Latin cavillōsus ( < cavilla : see cavil n. and -ous suffix; or < Old French cavilleus, -eux in same sense. Obsolete. Full of cavils or cavilling; (of persons) apt to cavil. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [adjective] > captiously captiousc1380 pick-fault1544 fastidious?1555 sharp-nosed1561 cavillous?1571 carpacious1574 cavillinga1576 find-fault1576 Zoilous1577 carpinga1586 exceptious1602 quarrellous1610 exceptive1623 Zoilitical1665 nibbling1691 pickthanking1830 Zoilean1846 snippy1848 nitpicking1948 nitpicky1962 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > frivolous, captious objection > [adjective] captious1447 hafting1519 brabbling1549 cavillous?1571 cavillinga1576 caffling1591 cavilsome1611 cavillatory1641 ?1571 tr. G. Buchanan Detectioun Marie Quene of Scottes sig. Hiij^v Though we wald schyft it of by cauillous expounding. 1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Chron. 330 Bassian was..also more cauillous and troublesome. 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. ii. viii. 415 Cauillous scrupules, and wilde doubts. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 56 Cavillous and unfaithful Advocates, by whose Fraud and Iniquity, Justice is destroy'd. 1851 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy in 1848 354 The war-ministry were lukewarm, cavillous, impracticable. Derivatives † ˈcavillously adv. Obsolete ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [adverb] > captiously captiously1539 cavillously1561 cavillingly1570 carpingly1577 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > frivolous, captious objection > [adverb] captiously1539 cavillously1561 cavillingly1570 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) i. xiii. 59 Falsly and cavillously they ascribe unto us a device of their owne braine. 1649 J. Milton Observations in Articles of Peace with Irish Rebels 48 By the Covenant it self, since that so cavillously is urg'd against us. cavillousness n. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1561
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