captiousness

English

Etymology

captious +‎ -ness

Noun

captiousness (usually uncountable, plural captiousnesses)

  1. the state of being captious
  2. captious behaviour

Quotations
  • 1819, Timothy Dwight, Theology: Explained and Defended in a Series of Sermons:
    In this manner, they degrade religion into a spirit of captiousness.
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