Synonyms for caviller

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kav-uhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæv əl

Top 10 synonyms for caviller

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Définition of caviller

Origin : 1540s, from Middle French caviller "to mock, jest," from Latin cavillari "to jeer, mock; satirize, argue scoffingly" (also source of Italian cavillare, Spanish cavilar), from cavilla "jest, jeering," related to calumnia (see calumny).

As in carper : noun critic
As in caviler : noun critic

Example sentences :

The injunction is multiplied on us, as it were, to silence the sophistry of the caviller, and to fix the most inconsiderate mind.
Extract from : « A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. » by William Wilberforce

"What objection could a caviller find with my epigram," said Mathilde to herself.
Extract from : « The Red and the Black » by Stendhal

Surely none but a caviller will find any want of harmony between these different modes of expression.
Extract from : « The Theology of Holiness » by Dougan Clark

I have proof enough to carry conviction to any honest breast—to satisfy any caviller—except a court of justice.
Extract from : « Hidden Hand » by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

I neither fear the critic or the caviller upon the ground-work of my address.
Extract from : « An Address to Men of Science » by Richard Carlile

Will the caviller prove that the sun and moon would be greater blessings if their light wore more intense, or more abundant?
Extract from : « Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again » by Joseph Barker

So caviller like I submitted to pow'r, And was coddled in troth for the third of an hour.
Extract from : « A Season at Harrogate » by Barbara Hofland

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