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— English words —

• captious adj. (Obsolete) That captures; especially, (Of an argument, words etc.) designed to capture or entrap in…
• captious adj. Having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections; cavilling, nitpicky.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• captious bijv. (Om een persoon) bedillerig, bedilziek, overdreven precies, vitterig.
• captious bijv. (Om een opmerking of een vraag) spitsvondig.

— English word, defined in French —

• captious adj. Captieux.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• captious agg. Capzioso, sofistico, cavilloso.

22 English words from 2 English definitions

argument capture captures cavilling designed disposition entrap especially etc fault find find␣fault Having nitpicky objections Obsolete Of␣an petty raise That unreasonably words

1 English word from 4 foreign definitions

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12 foreign words from 4 foreign definitions

bedillerig bedilziek Captieux Capzioso cavilloso opmerking overdreven persoon precies sofistico spitsvondig vraag

3 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

captiously captiousness captiousnesses

2 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

uncaptious overcaptious

19 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

apt Apt APT ap't apt. cap Cap CAP capt Capt Capt. IOU IOUs -ious ous -ous PTI tio Tio

9 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ITP OIt OIT Pac PAc PAC Pac. tPA TPA

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

autopsic

5 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

acupoints autoclips autopicks capitouls cuspation

13 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

actious Capitos Caputos copitas coupist octapus outcaps picosat picotas poticas psoatic upcoast utopias

2 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

captions cautious

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