exceptiousadj.

/ɛkˈsɛpʃəs/

Etymology: < excepti- (in exception n.) + -ous suffix, after the analogy of captious.

Disposed to make objections; cavilling, peevish, captious.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [adjective] > captiously

captiousc1380

pick-fault1544

fastidious?1555

sharp-nosed1561

cavillous?1571

carpacious1574

cavillinga1576

find-fault1576

Zoilous1577

carpinga1586

exceptious1602

quarrellous1610

exceptive1623

Zoilitical1665

nibbling1691

pickthanking1830

Zoilean1846

snippy1848

nitpicking1948

nitpicky1962

1602 W. Basse Sword & Buckler sig. Bij While those things that are done must alwaies lye, As obiects to a nice exceptious eye.

1769 Ld. Chesterfield Lett. (1932) (modernized text) VI. 2907 It is the character of country ladies to be exceptious, and suspicious of slights.

1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk II. vi. 141 He was not exceptious. He gave a cordial welcome to all sorts, provided they were the best in their kind.

1850 W. C. Macready in Pollock Remin. II. 353 [Carlyle] was quite in one of his exceptious moods.

Derivatives

exˈceptiousness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > captious > quality or disposition

captiousness1545

fastidiousness1661

exceptiousnessa1677

a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 23 Admonition..becomes unsavoury and odious, and..resembles a froward malicious exceptiousness.

a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) X. 282 Alarmed by an experience of the baseness..and the exceptiousness of men.

1725 J. Collier Several Disc. 316 The blessed Spirits..are too good to have anything of State or Exceptiousness in them.

1818 in H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. , etc.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	exceptious
释义	exceptiousadj. /ɛkˈsɛpʃəs/ Etymology: < excepti- (in exception n.) + -ous suffix, after the analogy of captious. Disposed to make objections; cavilling, peevish, captious. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [adjective] > captiously captiousc1380 pick-fault1544 fastidious?1555 sharp-nosed1561 cavillous?1571 carpacious1574 cavillinga1576 find-fault1576 Zoilous1577 carpinga1586 exceptious1602 quarrellous1610 exceptive1623 Zoilitical1665 nibbling1691 pickthanking1830 Zoilean1846 snippy1848 nitpicking1948 nitpicky1962 1602 W. Basse Sword & Buckler sig. Bij While those things that are done must alwaies lye, As obiects to a nice exceptious eye. 1769 Ld. Chesterfield Lett. (1932) (modernized text) VI. 2907 It is the character of country ladies to be exceptious, and suspicious of slights. 1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk II. vi. 141 He was not exceptious. He gave a cordial welcome to all sorts, provided they were the best in their kind. 1850 W. C. Macready in Pollock Remin. II. 353 [Carlyle] was quite in one of his exceptious moods. Derivatives exˈceptiousness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > captious > quality or disposition captiousness1545 fastidiousness1661 exceptiousnessa1677 a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 23 Admonition..becomes unsavoury and odious, and..resembles a froward malicious exceptiousness. a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) X. 282 Alarmed by an experience of the baseness..and the exceptiousness of men. 1725 J. Collier Several Disc. 316 The blessed Spirits..are too good to have anything of State or Exceptiousness in them. 1818 in H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. , etc. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1602
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