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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
captious /ˈkapʃəs/

▶adjective formal tending to find fault or raise petty objections.

– derivatives
captiously adverb,
captiousness noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. captieux or L. captiosus, from captio(n-) (see caption).

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