'Cavilling' definitions:
Definition of 'Cavilling'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- You do not well in obstinacy To cavil in the course of this contract. --Shak. [1913 Webster]