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▪ I. carping, vbl. n.1|ˈkɑːpɪŋ|
The action of the verb carp: †a. Speaking or saying; speech, talk; faculty of speech. Obs.
c1325E.E. Allit. P. B. 1550 Sone so þe kynge for his care carping myȝt wynne. a1400Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. (1867) 7 Ryghte sayeyng and carpyng of þe wordes. a1400Cov. Myst. (1841) 166 Suche a carpynge is unknowe.
b. Censorious speech: cavilling, fault-finding, captious criticism.
c1400Ywaine & Gaw. 127 This kene karping of Syr Kay. 1599Shakes. Much Ado iii. i. 71 Such carping is not commendable. 1697–1712Leslie Short Method w. Deists, &c. iii, All those little carpings..that are made as to the passage through the Red Sea. 1868Nettleship Browning i. 49 The alloy of harsh criticism, of ungrateful carping.
▪ II. carping, vbl. n.2
The preparing of teasels: see carp v.2
▪ III. ˈcarping, ppl. a.
That carps; fault-finding, censorious, captious.
1581Sidney Apol. Poetrie (Arb.) 48 Their carping dis⁓prayse. c1591Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, iv. i. 90 With enuious carping tongue. 1730Ld. Lansdowne To Mem. Waller 20 No carping critic interrupts his praise. 1865Trollope Belton Est. xi. 120 That carping spirit in which she had been wont to judge of his actions.
¶ Confused with carking ppl. a.
1580T. Marshall in Farr S.P. (1845) II. 312 With carpyng cares did call and crie. a1703Burkitt On N.T. Luke xii. 30 By our carping care.
Hence ˈcarpingly adv., in a carping way.
1579J. Rogers (title), An answer unto a wicked..Libel made by Christopher Vitell..carpingly answering to certain points. 1577–86Holinshed Chron. Irel. (1808) VI. 13 Through his procurement carpinglie published. 1755in Johnson. |