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captious Definition


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captious
adj
    1. Inclined to criticize and find fault.
      Thesaurus: hypercritical, critical, faultfinding, caviling, carping, querulous.
Derivative: captiously
adverb
    Derivative: captiousness
    noun
      Etymology: 14c: from Latin captiosus arguing falsely, from captio seizing.



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