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captious meaning and definition

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CAPTIOUS adjective

Definition of captious (adjective)

  1. tending to find and call attention to faults
    • "a captious pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor"
    • synonyms: faultfinding
Source: Princeton University Wordnet

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