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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..

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

Cavil :: Cavil (v. i.) To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason.

Carping :: Carping (a.) Fault-finding; censorious caviling. See Captious.

Quibbler :: Quibbler (n.) One who quibbles; a caviler; also, a punster..

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

Carper :: Carper (n.) One who carps; a caviler.

Caviler :: Caviler (n.) Alt. of Caville.

Cavilling :: Cavilling () of Cavi.

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

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

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

Vitilitigation :: Vitilitigation (n.) Cavilous litigation; cavillation.

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.

Quarrel :: Quarrel (v. i.) To find fault; to cavil; as, to quarrel with one's lot..

Vitilitigate :: Vitilitigate (v. i.) To contend in law litigiously or cavilously.

Fallax :: Fallax (n.) Cavillation; a caviling.

Chicane :: Chicane (n.) The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; -- specifically applied to legal proceedings; trickery; chicanery; caviling; sophistry..

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

Captious :: Captious (a.) Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.

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