= cavilling, n.
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释义 | the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > frivolous, captious objection > [noun] > raising of (4) cavillation?1553 = cavilling, n. cavilling1565 The action of the verb to cavil, v.; captious objection or frivolous fault-finding. cavil1597 The raising of frivolous objections; cavilling. chicaning1691 The use of deception or subterfuge to achieve one's purpose, esp. a legal, financial, or political purpose; petty quibbling or (esp. legal) trickery. |
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