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captious

[ kap-shuhs ]

adjective

  1. apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects; faultfinding; difficult to please.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. proceeding from a faultfinding or caviling disposition:

    He could never praise without adding a captious remark.

  3. apt or designed to ensnare or perplex, especially in argument:

    captious questions.



captious

/ ˈæʃə /

adjective

  1. apt to make trivial criticisms; fault-finding; carping
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈپdzܲ, adverb
  • ˈپdzܲԱ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • tdzܲ· adverb
  • tdzܲ·Ա noun
  • ԴDz·tdzܲ adjective
  • non·tdzܲ· adverb
  • non·tdzܲ·Ա noun
  • v·tdzܲ adjective
  • over·tdzܲ· adverb
  • over·tdzܲ·Ա noun
  • ܲ·tdzܲ adjective
  • un·tdzܲ· adverb
  • un·tdzܲ·Ա noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of captious1

1350–1400; Middle English capcious < Latin پōܲ sophistical, equivalent to capti ( ō ) a taking, hence, sophism ( caption ) + -ōܲ -ous
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of captious1

C14 (meaning: catching in error): from Latin پōܲ, from پō a seizing; see caption
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Example Sentences

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But when the two reconvene, there is no talk of favors or captious admonishments, only the authentic joy of seeing a friend’s familiar face after so long.

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Warren concluded with a scathing diagnosis of the Adams correspondence with her as a scattered series of verbal impulses and “the most captious, malignant, irrelevant compositions that have ever been seen.”

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Georgiana, who had a spoiled temper, a very acrid spite, a captious and insolent carriage, was universally indulged.

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“I do not want to be captious, but desire the public to understand the facts,” Baker told The Washington Post.

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“I wish you’d learn to put the caps back on things properly when you’re finished using them,” she said in a tone she fully meant to sound captious.

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