caviler
caviler · cavilers
A person who cavils; a faultfinder, quibbler or nitpickerA person who cavils; a faultfinder, quibbler or nitpicker
Meaning
1 sensesA 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.
More definitions
- a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections
Origin
From cavil + -er.From cavil + -er.
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