Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. Itβs also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
cavil, carp, chicane
(verb) raise trivial objections
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cavilled
simple past tense and past participle of cavil
Source: Wiktionary
Cav"il, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caviled or Cavilled (; p. pr. & vb. n. Caviling or Cavilling.] Etym: [L. cavillari to practice jesting, to censure, fr. cavilla bantering jests, sophistry: cf. OF. caviller.]
Definition: To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason. You do not well in obstinacy To cavil in the course of this contract. Shak.
Cav"il, v. t.
Definition: To cavil at. [Obs.] Milton.
Cav"il, n.
Definition: A captious or frivolous objection. All the cavils of prejudice and unbelief. Shak.
Cav"il or Cav"il*er, n.
Definition: One who cavils. Cavilers at the style of the Scriptures. Boyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. Itβs also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.