Associations to the word «Captious»
Noun
Adverb
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Wiktionary
CAPTIOUS, adjective. (obsolete) That captures; especially, (of an argument, words etc.) designed to capture or entrap in misleading arguments; sophistical.
CAPTIOUS, adjective. Having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections; cavilling, nitpicky
Dictionary definition
CAPTIOUS, adjective. Tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor".
Wise words
Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you
want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's
gone, gone forever.