captious
pronunciation
How to pronounce captious in British English: UK ['kæpʃəs]
How to pronounce captious in American English: US ['kæpʃəs]
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- Adjective:
- tending to find and call attention to faults
Word Origin
- captious (adj.)
- c. 1400, capcyus, from Middle French captieux (15c.) or directly from Latin captiosus "fallacious," from captionem (nominative captio) "a deceiving, fallacious argument," literally "a taking (in)," from captus, past participle of capere "to take, catch" (see capable). Related: Captiously; captiousness.
Example
- 1. If you blame him , he think you are captious .
- 2. A captious pedant ; an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor .
- 3. There is no captious client but faulty product and service .
- 4. Comoment : all is for your captious taste !
- 5. Intentionally captious quarrel is a trap a.