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| cav·il [ kávvəl ] |
intransitive verb (past and past participle cav·iled or cav·illed, present participle cav·il·ing or cav·il·ling, 3rd person present singular cav·ils) |
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object for no good reason: to make objections about something on small and unimportant points
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noun (plural cav·ils) |
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carping criticism: a trivial and unreasonable objection
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| [Mid-16th century. Via French caviller< Latin cavillari< cavilla "mockery"] |
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 cav·il·er noun |
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