Definition
outcaviled
verb
- past tense of outcavil; to surpass or exceed in caviling (making petty or unnecessary objections); to cavil more than or better than someone else
Usage: archaic; literary; rare
Examples
- He outcaviled his opponent in the debate by raising even more trivial objections.
- The critic outcaviled all previous reviewers with her endless nitpicking.
- She outcaviled her colleagues by finding fault with every minor detail of the proposal.