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.