Both Uses of
carp
in
Interview with the Vampire
- His contemptuous attitude towards my brother reflected my own; his immediate and shallow carping about the devil; his refusal to even entertain the idea that sanctity had passed so close.
Part 1 *carping = nagging
- He appeared frail and stupid to me, a man made of dried twigs with a thin, carping voice.
Part 1
Definitions:
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(1)
(carp as in: carped incessantly) to repeatedly complain -- typically about unimportant things
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(2)
(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus:
More commonly, carp is used as a noun to describe a common freshwater fish.