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carper | carped |

As a noun carper

is a person who habitually , who talks too much and regularly finds fault.

As a verb carped is

(carp).

carper

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a person who habitually , who talks too much and regularly finds fault
  • * 1605–1608': By putting on the cunning of a '''carper — William Shakespeare, ''Timon of Athens , 1605–1608
  • * 1678': Come, let my '''carper to his life now look, / And find there darker lines than in my book — John Bunyan, ''The Pilgrim's Progress , 1678
  • * 1909–1914':He censures everything, this zealous '''carper . — Curtis Hidden Page's translation of ''Tartuffe or the Hypocrite by Jean Baptiste Poquelin Moliere, 1909–1914
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    carped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (carp)
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    carp

    English

    (wikipedia carp)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) carpe, from .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae'', especially the common carp, ''Cyprinus carpio .
  • See also
    * koi

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To complain about a fault; to harp on.
  • (obsolete) To say; to tell.
  • (obsolete) To find fault with; to censure.
  • (Dryden)
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