caviller

English

Noun

caviller (plural cavillers)

1. Alternative spelling of caviler.

Latin

Verb

caviller

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of cavillor

Old French

Etymology

Latin cavillor.

Verb

caviller

1. to mock; to make fun of; to make a joke about
   • a. 1566, Du Molin, Monarchie des François:

     Si d'adventure ils cavillent, que les evesques et les papes dudit temps ne s'en osoient plaindre durant la vie de ce prince

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In addition, the forms that would normally end in *-ll, *-lls, *-llt are changed to -l, -s, -t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of caviller (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		caviller			avoir cavillé
gerund		en cavillant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		cavillant
past participle		cavillé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	cavil	cavilles	caville	cavillons	cavillez	cavillent
	imperfect	cavilloie, cavilleie, cavilloe, cavilleve	cavilloies, cavilleies, cavilloes, cavilleves	cavilloit, cavilleit, cavillot, cavilleve	cavilliiens, cavilliens	cavilliiez, cavilliez	cavilloient, cavilleient, cavilloent, cavillevent
	preterite	cavillai	cavillas	cavilla	cavillames	cavillastes	cavillerent
	future	cavillerai	cavilleras	cavillera	cavillerons	cavilleroiz, cavillereiz, cavillerez	cavilleront
	conditional	cavilleroie, cavillereie	cavilleroies, cavillereies	cavilleroit, cavillereit	cavilleriiens, cavilleriens	cavilleriiez, cavilleriez	cavilleroient, cavillereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	cavil	cavis	cavit	cavillons	cavillez	cavillent
	imperfect	cavillasse	cavillasses	cavillast	cavillissons, cavillissiens	cavillissoiz, cavillissez, cavillissiez	cavillassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	caville	—	cavillons	cavillez	—

Descendants

• English: cavil

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (caviller)