cavillous

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adjective

prone to caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbling, bickering.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

adjectivecavillous (comparative more cavillous, superlative most cavillous)

comparative more cavillous · superlative most cavillous · alternative cavilous

  1. prone to caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbling, bickering.

Origin

  1. Latincavillosus
  2. Englishcavillous

From Latin cavillosus.

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