- cavil
[cavil 词源字典]
- cavil: see challenge
[cavil etymology, cavil origin, 英语词源] - 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).