captious

pronunciation

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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.

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