[kap-shuh
s] 
| 1. | apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects; faultfinding; difficult to please. |
| 2. | proceeding from a faultfinding or caviling disposition: He could never praise without adding a captious remark. |
| 3. | apt or designed to ensnare or perplex, esp. in argument: captious questions. |
| cap·tious (kāp'shəs) adj.
[Middle English capcious, from Old French captieux, from Latin captiōsus, from captiō, seizure, sophism, from captus, past participle of capere, to seize; see kap- in Indo-European roots.] cap'tious·ly adv., cap'tious·ness n. |
