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  • 41ἐξεριστικόν — ἐξεριστικός captious masc acc sg ἐξεριστικός captious neut nom/voc/acc sg …

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  • 42critical — [krit′i kəl] adj. 1. tending to find fault; censorious 2. characterized by careful analysis and judgment [a sound critical estimate of the problem] 3. of critics or criticism 4. of or forming a crisis or turning point; decisive 5. dangerous or… …

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  • 43captiously — adverb in a captious, carping manner he was captiously pedantic • Derived from adjective: ↑captious …

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  • 44cap´tious|ness — cap|tious «KAP shuhs», adjective. 1. hard to please; faultfinding: »The captious might have regarded our journey as a retreat from Sweden, but we veterans regarded it as a surprise attack on Paris (Atlantic). SYNONYM(S): caviling, carping. 2. apt …

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  • 45cap´tious|ly — cap|tious «KAP shuhs», adjective. 1. hard to please; faultfinding: »The captious might have regarded our journey as a retreat from Sweden, but we veterans regarded it as a surprise attack on Paris (Atlantic). SYNONYM(S): caviling, carping. 2. apt …

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  • 46cap|tious — «KAP shuhs», adjective. 1. hard to please; faultfinding: »The captious might have regarded our journey as a retreat from Sweden, but we veterans regarded it as a surprise attack on Paris (Atlantic). SYNONYM(S): caviling, carping. 2. apt or… …

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  • 47carp´ing|ly — carp|ing «KAHR pihng», adjective, noun. –adj. that carps; faultfinding; complaining: »that carping spirit in which she had been wont to judge of his actions (Anthony Trollope). SYNONYM(S): censorious, captious. –n. faultfinding; captious… …

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  • 48carp|ing — «KAHR pihng», adjective, noun. –adj. that carps; faultfinding; complaining: »that carping spirit in which she had been wont to judge of his actions (Anthony Trollope). SYNONYM(S): censorious, captious. –n. faultfinding; captious criticism:… …

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  • 49Affront — Af*front , n. [Cf. F. affront, fr. affronter.] 1. An encounter either friendly or hostile. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] I walked about, admired of all, and dreaded On hostile ground, none daring my affront. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Contemptuous or rude …

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  • 50Captiously — Cap tious*ly, adv. In a captious manner. [1913 Webster] …

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