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cavil
  • Conjugation : past  caviled ; past  cavilled ; ing  caviling ; ing  cavilling
  • Derivatives : n  caviler ; n  caviller
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

cavil ['kævl] ['kævɪl]
  1. 1. vi. 找岔,挑剔吹毛求疵(at,about)
  2. 2. vt. [Old-fashioned] 找…的岔子,对…挑剔
  3. 3. noun 吹毛求疵苛责

Collins English-English Dictionary

cavil ['kævɪl]
  1. 1. vi. [intr; foll by at or about] to raise annoying petty objections; quibble; carp
  2. 2. n a captious trifling objection
  3. 3. n [Etymology] C16: from Old French caviller, from Latin cavillari to jeer, from cavilla raillery

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