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cavil

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)
Definition:
 
object for no good reason: to make objections about something on small and unimportant points



noun  (plural cav·ils)
Definition:
 
carping criticism: a trivial and unreasonable objection

[Mid-16th century. Via French caviller< Latin cavillari< cavilla "mockery"]

cav·il·er noun
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