Definition: Captious (Meaning of Captious)

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Captious ¹

Definition: Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.

Definition: Fitted to harass, perplex, or insnare; insidious; troublesome.

Definition: tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor"