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Disputative :: Disputative (a.) Disposed to dispute; inclined to cavil or to reason in opposition; as, a disputative temper..

Chicane :: Chicane (n.) To use shifts, cavils, or artifices..

Carp :: Carp (v. i.) To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by at.

Cavilling :: Cavilling () of Cavi.

Findfaulting :: Findfaulting (a.) Apt to censure or cavil; faultfinding; captious.

Cavilingly :: Cavilingly (adv.) In a caviling manner.

Findfault :: Findfault (n.) A censurer or caviler.

Word-catcher :: Word-catcher (n.) One who cavils at words.

Cavilous :: Cavilous (a.) Alt. of Cavillou.

Critic :: Critic (n.) One who passes a rigorous or captious judgment; one who censures or finds fault; a harsh examiner or judge; a caviler; a carper.

Quiddity :: Quiddity (n.) A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble.

Quibble :: Quibble (n.) A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.

Cavilled :: Cavilled () of Cavi.

Difficulty :: Difficulty (n.) A controversy; a falling out; a disagreement; an objection; a cavil.

Caviling :: Caviling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cavi.

Argutation :: Argutation (n.) Caviling; subtle disputation.

Caviled :: Caviled (imp. & p. p.) of Cavi.

Caviling :: Caviling (a.) Disposed to cavil; finding fault without good reason. See Captious.

Quibble :: Quibble (v. i.) To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate..

Cavillous :: Cavillous (a.) Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbing..

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