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captious

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Adjective

tending to find and call attention to faults
- a captious pedant
- an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor

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Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "captious":
captious coptis
Words contain "captious":
captious captiously
Words contain "captious" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
captious captiously caption faultfinding

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