captieux
See also: Captieux
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Late Latin captiōsus.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editcaptieux (feminine captieuse, masculine plural captieux, feminine plural captieuses)
- specious, misleading, sophist
- Synonyms: spécieux, fallacieux
Usage notes
editFalse friend of English captious.
Further reading
edit- “captieux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.