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 Definition of 'captious'

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Definitions of 'captious'  

1. (adj) captious, faultfinding
tending to find and call attention to faults
"a captious pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor"
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'captious' - Nearby Entries  

captain's chair  captainship  caption  captious  captiously  captivated  captivate  



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