[ˈkapʃəs], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- tending to find fault or raise petty objections
(e.g: a captious teacher)


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Origin:
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)