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Synonyms for cavillers

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kav-uhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæv əl

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Définition of cavillers

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 :
  • Other objections of cavillers have their appropriate answers.
  • Extract from : « The Wave of Scepticism and the Rock of Truth » by Matthew Henry Habershon
  • There were among their number no cavillers, no disbelievers, none to deny or betray.
  • Extract from : « Women of Early Christianity » by Alfred Brittain
  • These cavillers, said he, in another letter, are entirely wrong.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Benjamin Franklin » by Mason Locke Weems
  • This is a mistake, as the actual ampersand occurred in the oath and gave some slight assistance to the cavillers.
  • Extract from : « Minor Poets of the Caroline Period, Vol III » by John Cleveland
  • Hugo was exceedingly happy in dealing with cavillers at material progress.
  • Extract from : « Victor Hugo: His Life and Works » by G. Barnett Smith
  • But there is more sense and infinite humour in the mode which Phædrus adopted to answer the cavillers of his age.
  • Extract from : « Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) » by Isaac D'Israeli
  • At the same time he obtained for the new edition a letter of approval from the Pope, a redoubtable weapon against his cavillers.
  • Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga
  • But we further reply to our cavillers that Moses is here speaking of nature in its yet uncorrupted state.
  • Extract from : « Commentary on Genesis, Vol. I » by Martin Luther
  • Doubters and cavillers were silenced, and regular trips were made till the ice closed the river for the season.
  • Extract from : « Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 of 8 » by Various
  • Cavillers may object that they chiefly live upon the salvage of valuable cargoes.
  • Extract from : « Reprinted Pieces » by Charles Dickens
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