Definition of "caviller" [caviller]

• Alternative spelling of caviler. (noun)

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• "Athaeneus, to philosophers and travellers, an opiniative ass, a caviller, a kind of pedant; for his manners, as Theod."
• "He cavilled in part like the priest Sabellius, who had cavilled like the Phrygian Praxeas, who was a great caviller."
• "For my temptation to think it a right, I refer every caviller to a brick house, sashed windows below, and casements above, in Highbury."