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captiousness

noun

Etymology

From captious + -ness.

  1. derived from captiōsus
  2. derived from captieux
  3. inherited from capcious
  4. suffixed as captiousness — “captious + ness”

Definitions

  1. The state of being captious.

    • "Yes— and I suppose you want to know why," she replied with dry captiousness.

  2. Captious behaviour.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA