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Word: Captious
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late Middle English (also in the sense ‘intended to deceive someone’): from Old French captieux or Latin captiosus, from captio(n-) ‘seizing’, (figuratively) ‘deceiving’ (see caption)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈkapʃəs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
tending to find fault or raise petty objections
Short Definition:tending to find fault or raise petty objections
Examples:- a captious teacher
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