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cavil (v.)
1540s, from Middle French
caviller
"to mock, jest," from Latin
cavillari
"to jeer, mock; satirize, argue scoffingly" (also source of Italian
cavillare
, Spanish
cavilar
), from
cavilla
"jest, jeering," related to
calumnia
(see
calumny
).
