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Captiousness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being captious. uncountable, usually

    ""Yes— and I suppose you want to know why," she replied with dry captiousness."

  2. 2
    Captious behaviour. uncountable, usually

Etymology

From captious + -ness.

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