单词 | cavilsome |
释义 | † cavilsomeadj. Obsolete. rare. Of the nature of cavil, cavilling. ΘΚΠ 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 1611 W. Sclater Key (1629) 270 In despight of all cauilsome premisses. 1623 W. Sclater Quæstion of Tythes 1 None except cauilsome contradiction. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1611 |
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