caviler

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who cavils; a faultfinder, quibbler or nitpicker
    — 1817 John Nicholas - Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century a man who comments on the Bible affords all the opportunity a caviler could wish for.

词形变化

cavilers plural

词源

Etymology tree
English cavil
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English caviler
From cavil + -er.
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