captious
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Captious critics will argue that this tardy introduction of the love interest mars the novel.
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Captious critics have called George Bellows an illustrator rather than an artist.
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Captious critics may find that the resultant absence of illusion in Room Service impairs its hilarity.
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Litchfield 63 Outline in Painting 63 Ten Children at a Birth 64 Shakspeare's Use of "Captious" 65 Sword of William the Conqueror 66 Meaning of Eisell 66 Altar Lights, &c.
From Notes and Queries, Number 65, January 25, 1851 by Various
Captious persons construe every innocent freedom into an affront.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
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