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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cap•tious (kap′shəs),USA pronunciation adj. - apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects;
faultfinding;
difficult to please. - proceeding from a faultfinding or caviling disposition:He could never praise without adding a captious remark.
- apt or designed to ensnare or perplex, esp. in argument:captious questions.
- Latin captiōsus sophistical, equivalent. to capti(ō) a taking, hence, sophism (see caption) + -ōsus -ous
- Middle English capcious 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged carping, nitpicking, niggling, picky, testy.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: captious /ˈkæpʃəs/ adj - apt to make trivial criticisms; fault-finding; carping
Etymology: 14th Century (meaning: catching in error): from Latin captiōsus, from captiō a seizing; see captionˈcaptiously adv ˈcaptiousness n |