caviler

caviler
index disputant, malcontent

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006

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  • Caviler — Cav il*er or Caviller Cav il*ler ( [ e]r), n. One who cavils. [1913 Webster] Cavilers at the style of the Scriptures. Boyle. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • caviler — noun A person who cavils; a faultfinder, quibbler or nitpicker a man who comments on the Bible affords all the opportunity a caviler could wish for …   Wiktionary

  • caviler — noun see cavil …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • caviler — See cavil. * * * …   Universalium

  • caviler — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A person who finds fault, often severely and willfully: carper, critic, criticizer, faultfinder, hypercritic, niggler, nitpicker, quibbler. See PRAISE …   English dictionary for students

  • caviler — cav·il·er || kævlÉ™ n. one who looks for defects or faults …   English contemporary dictionary

  • caviler — cav·il·er …   English syllables

  • caviler — noun a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections • Syn: ↑quibbler, ↑caviller, ↑pettifogger • Derivationally related forms: ↑pettifog (for: ↑pettifogger), ↑cavil, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Caviller — Caviler Cav il*er or Caviller Cav il*ler ( [ e]r), n. One who cavils. [1913 Webster] Cavilers at the style of the Scriptures. Boyle. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cavil — caviler; esp. Brit., caviller, n. cavilingly; esp. Brit., cavillingly, adv. /kav euhl/, v., caviled, caviling or (esp. Brit.) cavilled, cavilling, n. v.i. 1. to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily (usually fol.… …   Universalium

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