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exceptious

adj
/ɪkˈsɛpʃəs/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin excipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin exceptiōder. Old French excepcion Anglo-Norman excepciounbor. Middle English exception English exception Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der. Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English exceptious From excepti(on) + -ous, after captious.

  1. derived from exceptiō
  2. derived from excepcion
  3. derived from excepcioun
  4. inherited from exception
  5. suffixed as exceptious — “exception + ous”

Definitions

  1. Apt to take exception, or to object

    Apt to take exception, or to object; captious, complaining.

    • Tom. So, did you mark the dulness of her parting now? Alon. What dulness? Thou art so exceptious still.
    • And lastly, how shall many seeming Clashings, and dark Passages in Sacred History and Chronology be placed in such a Light, as may throughly satisfy, or at least effectually silence the Doubtful and Exceptious?
    • The company, who were not at all exceptious, seemed extremely well pleased with every particular of the entertainment […].

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