captious

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• /ˈkæpʃəs/
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From Middle English capcious, from Middle French captieux, or its source, Latin captiōsus, from captiō.

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: խճճող (xččoġ) — that captures misleadingly
• Bulgarian: придирчив (pridirčiv) — that captures misleadingly
• Bulgarian: заядлив (zajadliv) — that captures misleadingly
• Bulgarian: критичен (kritičen) — that captures misleadingly
• Catalan: capciós — that captures misleadingly
• Chinese Mandarin: 詭辯的 /诡辩的 (guǐbiàn de) — that captures misleadingly
• Chinese Mandarin: 強詞奪理的 /强词夺理的 (qiǎngcíduólǐ de) — that captures misleadingly
• Dutch: misleidend — that captures misleadingly
• Dutch: sofistisch — that captures misleadingly
• Finnish: harhaanjohtava — that captures misleadingly
• French: piège — that captures misleadingly
• German: spitzfindig — that captures misleadingly
• German: verfänglich — that captures misleadingly
• German: haarspalterisch — that captures misleadingly
• Italian: capzioso — that captures misleadingly
• Italian: tortuoso. — that captures misleadingly
• Italian: ambiguo — that captures misleadingly
• Italian: ingannevole — that captures misleadingly
• Italian: insidioso — that captures misleadingly
• Italian: arzigogolato — that captures misleadingly
• Latin: captiōsus — that captures misleadingly
• Portuguese: capcioso — that captures misleadingly
• Portuguese: ardiloso — that captures misleadingly
• Portuguese: astucioso — that captures misleadingly
• Russian: каверзный (kaverznyj) — that captures misleadingly
• Russian: хи́трый (xítryj) — that captures misleadingly
• Spanish: capcioso — that captures misleadingly
• Vietnamese: nguỵ biện — that captures misleadingly
• Armenian: մանրախնդիր (manraxndir) — having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections
• Armenian: բծախնդիր (bcaxndir) — having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections
• Armenian: քթի մազ (kʻtʻi maz) — having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections
• Bulgarian: придирчив (pridirčiv) — having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections
• Bulgarian: заядлив (zajadliv) — having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections
• Bulgarian: критичен (kritičen) — having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections
• Catalan: criticador — having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections
• Chinese Mandarin: 挑剔 (tiāoti) — having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections
• Dutch: vitziek — having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections
• Finnish: pikkumainen — having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections
• French: pinailleur — having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections
• German: krittelig — having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections
• German: kleinlich — having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections
• German: kleinkariert — having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections
• Irish: beachtaíoch — having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections
• Irish: gearrghreamannach — having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections
• Italian: capzioso — having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections
• Italian: sofistico — having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections
• Italian: cavilloso — having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections
• Māori: ngutu-momoho — having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections
• Māori: toretore — having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections
• Portuguese: implicante — having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections
• Russian: придирчивый (pridirčivyj) — having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections
• Russian: сли́шком стро́гий (slíškom strógij) — having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections
• Spanish: criticón — having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections
• Spanish: pejiguero — having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections
• Turkish: müşkülpesent — having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections
• Ottoman Turkish: تتیز (titiz) — having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections
• Vietnamese: hay bắt bẻ — having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections