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overcaptious

overcaptious adjective: excessively captious.

Adjective

overcaptious (comparative more overcaptious, superlative most overcaptious)

  1. Excessively captious.

Forms of overcaptious

comparativemore overcaptious
superlativemost overcaptious

Origin of overcaptious

From over- + captious.

Questions about overcaptious

What does overcaptious mean?
Overcaptious means excessively captious.
What part of speech is overcaptious?
Overcaptious is an adjective.

Words near overcaptious in the dictionary

  1. overcapitalizations
  2. overcapitalize
  3. overcapitalized
  4. overcapitalizes
  5. overcapitalizing
  6. overcaptious
  7. overcard
  8. overcards
  9. overcare
  10. overcared
  11. overcareful

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