Associations to the word «Cavilling»
Noun
Wiktionary
CAVIL, verb. (intransitive) To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons.
CAVIL, noun. A petty or trivial objection or criticism.
Dictionary definition
CAVIL, noun. An evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections.
CAVIL, verb. Raise trivial objections.
Wise words
Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you
want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's
gone, gone forever.