caviler

noun

caviler

noun

Etymology From cavil + -er.

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.

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