captious

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

tending to find and call attention to faults
- "a captious pedant"

Adj

That captures; especially, (of an argument, words etc.) designed to capture or entrap in misleading arguments; sophistical.
Having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections; cavilling, nitpicky.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

carping, critical, faultfinding, hypercritical, nitpicky, sophistical, thorny, tricky

Scrabble Score: 12

captious is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
captious is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
captious is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

captious is a valid Words With Friends word