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captious

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈkæpʃəs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aciopstuStarts with CEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. tending to find and call attention to faults

Word origin

From Middle English capcious, from Middle French captieux, or its source, Latin captiōsus, from captiō.

Used in a sentence

  • […]I know I loue in vaine, ſtriue againſt hope : Yet in this captious, and intemible Siue I ſtill poure in the waters of my loue And lacke not to looſe ſtill[…]
  • A captious queſtion, Sir, and your’s is one, Deſerves an anſwer ſimilar, or none.
  • Were you aware that in your discourse last Sunday you attributed the captious Problem of the Sadducees to the Pharisees, as a proof of the obscure and sensual doctrines of the latter?

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