different between cavil vs caviler
cavil
English
Alternative forms
- (17th–18th centuries; verb senses only): cavel, cavell
Etymology
From Old French caviller (“mock, jest, rail”), from Latin cavillor (“jeer, mock, satirise, reason captiously”), from cavilla (“jeering, raillery, scoffing”); cognate with Italian cavillare, Portuguese cavillar, and Spanish cavilar; nominal usage developed within English from the original verbal usage.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /?kæv.?l/, /?kæv.?l/
- Rhymes: -æv?l
Verb
cavil (third-person singular simple present cavils, present participle (UK) cavilling or (US) caviling, simple past and past participle (UK) cavilled or (US) caviled)
- (intransitive) To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons.
- Synonyms: be hypercritical, nitpick, pettifog, split hairs
- 1598?, William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act I, scene I:
- 'Tis love you cavil at: I am not Love.
Translations
Noun
cavil (plural cavils)
- A petty or trivial objection or criticism.
Translations
References
Anagrams
- clavi, lavic
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caviler
English
Etymology
cavil +? -er
Noun
caviler (plural cavilers)
- A person who cavils; a faultfinder, quibbler or nitpicker
- 1817 John Nicholas - Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century
- a man who comments on the Bible affords all the opportunity a caviler could wish for.
- 1817 John Nicholas - Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century
Anagrams
- caliver, clavier, valeric, velaric
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