caviller

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The philosophic pessimist is not a fretful and malignant caviller who sneers at the follies of others because he thinks himself so much wiser than they.

From Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama by Hight, George Ainslie

Surely none but a caviller will find any want of harmony between these different modes of expression.

From The Theology of Holiness by Clark, Dougan

"The chief benefit conferred upon society and humanity by a large proportion of our population," he would have cynically observed to any caviller, "is by dying and becoming useful 'subjects.'"

From Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life by Murray, Charles Theodore

Since then there has been no more persistent caviller at the Irish policy and the Irish Party in company where he believed such cavilling paid.

From Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888) by Hurlbert, William Henry

So caviller like I submitted to pow'r, And was coddled in troth for the third of an hour.

From A Season at Harrogate by Hofland, Mrs. (Barbara)