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captious

[kap-shuhs] / ˈkæp ʃəs /


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Captious critics will argue that this tardy introduction of the love interest mars the novel.

From Time Magazine Archive

Captious critics have called George Bellows an illustrator rather than an artist.

From Time Magazine Archive

Captious critics may find that the resultant absence of illusion in Room Service impairs its hilarity.

From Time Magazine Archive

You have surely bewymped all the wymps you came near, Besides Skilful and Wilful and Captious and Queer!

From All the Way to Fairyland Fairy Stories by Sharp, Evelyn

"And if you tumble down, don't cry but pick yourself up again," said Captious.

From All the Way to Fairyland Fairy Stories by Sharp, Evelyn




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