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cap·tious
\ˈkapshəs\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English capcious, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French captieux, from Latin captiosus, from captio act of taking, deception, fallacious argument + -osus -ous
1. : calculated to confuse, entrap, or entangle in argument : likely to perplex or discomfit
< a captious question demanding a careful answer >
2. : marked by an inclination to stress faults and raise often trivial objections : perversely hard to please especially because overstrict or capricious
< it is perhaps captious when one is given so much, to wish for more — Bergen Evans >
< never willfully unjust, but … too often captious in his justice, fond of legal chicanery — J.R.Green >
Synonyms: see critical |