CAPTIOUS
\kˈapʃəs], \kˈapʃəs], \k_ˈa_p_ʃ_ə_s]\
Definitions of CAPTIOUS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor"
By Princeton University
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tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor"
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By Oddity Software
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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