- cavillosus
- căvillōsus, a, um, adj. [cavillor], full of raillery, irony, Firm. Math. 5, 8.
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caviloso — ► adjetivo 1 Que tiende a cavilar o a preocuparse en exceso de las cosas: ■ es muy cavilosa y tarda en tomar decisiones. SINÓNIMO desconfiado 2 Colombia Se aplica a la persona quisquillosa o camorrista. * * * caviloso, a (del lat. «cavillōsus»)… … Enciclopedia Universal
Cavillous — Cavilous Cav il*ous or Cavillous Cav il*lous, a. [L. cavillosus.] Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbing. [R.] {Cav il*ous*ly}, adv. [R.] {Cav il*ous*ness}, n. [R.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cavilous — Cav il*ous or Cavillous Cav il*lous, a. [L. cavillosus.] Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbing. [R.] {Cav il*ous*ly}, adv. [R.] {Cav il*ous*ness}, n. [R.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cavilously — Cavilous Cav il*ous or Cavillous Cav il*lous, a. [L. cavillosus.] Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbing. [R.] {Cav il*ous*ly}, adv. [R.] {Cav il*ous*ness}, n. [R.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cavilousness — Cavilous Cav il*ous or Cavillous Cav il*lous, a. [L. cavillosus.] Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbing. [R.] {Cav il*ous*ly}, adv. [R.] {Cav il*ous*ness}, n. [R.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cavilloso — /kavi l:oso/ agg. [dal lat. tardo cavillosus ]. [di persona che ricorre a cavilli, di ragionamento fatto di cavilli, ecc.] ▶◀ arzigogolato, bizantino, capzioso, pedante, pretestuoso, sofisticato, sottile. ‖ complicato, contorto, tortuoso.… … Enciclopedia Italiana
caviloso — caviloso, sa (Del lat. cavillōsus). adj. Que por sobrada suspicacia, desconfianza y aprensión, se deja preocupar de alguna idea, dándole excesiva importancia y deduciendo consecuencias imaginarias … Diccionario de la lengua española
