Caviller
[kæ'vɪlə]
Definition
(n.) One who cavils.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Carper, censurer, captious disputant, frivolous censor.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See CAVIL]
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Examples
- For my temptation to _think_ it a right, I refer every caviller to a brick house, sashed windows below, and casements above, in Highbury. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Jane, I don't like cavillers or questioners; besides, there is something truly forbidding in a child taking up her elders in that manner. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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