Caviler \Cav"il*er\ or Caviller \Cav"il*ler\ (-[~e]r), n.
One who cavils.
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Cavilers at the style of the Scriptures. --Boyle.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
caviler
n : a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty
objections [syn: quibbler, caviller, pettifogger]
WordNet (r) 2.0
CAVILER, n. A critic of our own work.
THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
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