captiousness

English edit

Etymology edit

captious +‎ -ness

Noun edit

captiousness (usually uncountable, plural captiousnesses)

the state of being captious
captious behaviour

Quotations edit

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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