exceptious
English
Adjective
exceptious (comparative more exceptious, superlative most exceptious)
- (obsolete) Apt to take exception, or to object; captious.
- South
- At least effectually silence the doubtful and exceptious.
- South
Related terms
- exceptiousness
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for exceptious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)