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cavil

Meaningto banter

Common meaning: raise petty objections

Journey through time

  1. Latincavillari‘to banter’source
  2. Frenchmeaning shiftsto banter → raise objectionscaviller‘raise objections’source
  3. Englishcavil‘raise petty objections’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin cavillari ‘to banter’.

Source words

  • cavillari Latin · source word “to banter”

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