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Definition of Caviling
1. a. Disposed to cavil; finding fault without good reason. See Captious.
Definition of Caviling
1. Verb. (present participle of cavil) ¹
2. Noun. cavilation ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Caviling
1. cavil [v] - See also: cavil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caviling
Literary usage of Caviling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. That Unknown Country: Or, what Living Men Believe Concerning Punishment (1889)
"It is such a Question of Imminent Personal Safety as Forbids all Lightsome
Criticism, or caviling, or Superficial Polemic Treatment. ..."
2. The Parliamentary Register by Parliament, Great Britain (1795)
"... or forwarding my inr.cn»- tions, were through one channel caviling with me on
petty arrangements, and the jobs of intriguing individuals ; nnd through ..."
3. English Synonyms and Antonyms: With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald (1914)
"caviling is of the intellect; a cavil is not an argument, but an attack upon an
argument, statement, or truth, always petty and sneering, ..."
4. Annual Report by Cincinnati (Ohio), Board of Education, Cincinnati Public Schools, Cincinnati (Ohio). Board of Education (1879)
"Such figures as these would seem to preclude the possibility of any caviling at
the wisdom of the law ; and yet it is my duty to inform the Board, ..."
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