captieux

See also: Captieux

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin captiōsus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kap.sjø/
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Adjective

captieux (feminine captieuse, masculine plural captieux, feminine plural captieuses)

specious, misleading, sophist
Synonyms: spécieux, fallacieux

Usage notes

False friend of English captious.

Further reading

“captieux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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