captieux

See also: Captieux

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin captiōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kap.sjø/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

captieux (feminine captieuse, masculine plural captieux, feminine plural captieuses)

1. 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.