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Definition of caviling

Caviling
Cavil Cav"il (k[a^]v"[i^]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caviled or Cavilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Caviling or Cavilling.] [L. cavillari to practice jesting, to censure, fr. cavilla bantering jests, sophistry: cf. OF. caviller.] To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason. You do not well in obstinacy To cavil in the course of this contract. --Shak.
Caviling
Caviling Cav"il*ing, a. Disposed to cavil; finding fault without good reason. See Captious. His depreciatory and caviling criticism. --Lewis.

Meaning of caviling from wikipedia

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- Kwame Sekou Cavil (born May 3, 1979) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL)...
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- fantasies. Querulous paranoid (including negativistic features) Contentious, caviling, fractious, argumentative, faultfinding, unaccommodating, resentful, choleric...
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