meaning of caviling
1. of Cavil
2. Disposed to cavil; finding fault without good reason. See Captious.
3. quibbling over insignificant details; "caviling pettifoggers and quiggling pleaders"-Edmund Burke; "her nagging and carping attack"; "thought her editor unnecessarily nitpicking"; "a pettifogging lawyers mind"; "had no patience with quibbling
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