CAPTIOUS
ADJECTIVES
– captious, apt to take offense; ill-tempered, sullen, surly, morose JUNTOUS 1875 Eng. dial.
– captious, complaining, peevish, cavilling; prone to making objections EXCEPTIOUS 1602
– captious, disposed to catch at faults KAMPSJIOUS 1914 Sc.
– captious, disposed to controversy; of or pertaining to controversy or disputation ERISTIC 1637
– captious, disposed to start objections TARTLESOME a1838 Sc. obs.
– captious, fretful, hard to please; ill-natured; forward TASH Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
– captious, fretful, querulous, scolding YATTERIN a1838 Sc.
– captious, fretful, querulous, scolding YATTERY a1838 Sc.
– captious, ill-tempered, disagreeable, irritable, bad-tempered SNORTY 1893 colloq.
– captious, ill-tempered; unsociable from some fancied slight or insult QUEER 1885 Eng. dial.
– captious, quibbling; triflingly subtle QUIDIFICAL 1542 obs. rare
– captious, quibbling; unfair in argument; full of objections; apt to object or criticize without good reason CAVILLOUS 1572 obs.
– captious, snappish; irritating; treacherous, changeable, not to be depended upon TEPTIOUS 1876 Eng. dial.
– captious, snarling BOW-WOW Bk1911 Sc.
– captious, suspicious; apt to take umbrage; tetchy UMBRATIOUS a1639 obs.
– captious, testy, cross-tempered; easily offended; irritable, peevish; bad-tempered TETTY 1621 obs. exc. Sc.
NOUNS, PERSON
1505 ► ATTERCOP a captious, ill-natured, petulant, malignant person → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1725 ► ETHERCAP a captious, ill-natured, petulant, malignant person → Eng. dial.
1820 ► ETTERCAP a captious, ill-natured, petulant, malignant person → Sc.
1886 ► NABBLER a captious, argumentative person; a gossip; a mischief-maker → Eng. dial.
1892 ► ATTERCAP → EDDERCAP a captious, ill-natured, petulant, malignant person → Eng. dial.
1898 ► NATTER-CROP a captious, ill-natured, petulant, malignant person; a peevish person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
1778 ► YARR to be captious and troublesome; to quarrel → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
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