прилагательное 1) придирчивый, слишком строгий Например: captious fellow / person — критикан, придира captious objection — придирка Синоним(ы): faultfinding 2) каверзный, хитрый
adjective Etymology: Middle English capcious, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French captieux, from Latin captiosus, from captio deception, verbal quibble, from capere to take — more at heave 1. marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections Example: captious critics 2. calculated to confuse, entrap, or entangle in argument Example: a captious question Synonyms: see critical • captiously adverb • captiousness noun