Captious

cap·tious \'kap·shes\ adj [ME capcious, fr. MF or L; MF captieux fr. L captiosus, fr. captio] (14c) 1 : marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections 2 : calculated to confuse, entrap, or entangle in argument syn see CRITICAL — cap·tious·ly adv — cap·tious·ness n

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