carper

Definition

A person who habitually carps, who talks too much and regularly finds fault.

Etymology

From carp + -er.

Example Sentences

• "Shame not these woods, / By putting on the cunning of a carper."
• "Come, let my carper to his life now look, And find there darker lines than in my book He findeth any […]"
• "He censures everything, this zealous carper."