exceptious
adj/ɪkˈsɛpʃəs/
Etymology From excepti(on) + -ous, after captious.
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Obsolete Apt to take exception, or to object; captious, complaining.
- Tom. So, did you mark the dulness of her parting now? Alon. What dulness? Thou art so exceptious still.1622 (first performance), Thomas Middleton, William Rowley, The Changeling: […], London: […] [Thomas Newcombe] for Humphrey Moseley, […], published 1653, →OCLC, Act II, signature D, verso:
- And lastly, how shall many seeming Clashings, and dark Passages in Sacred History and Chronology be placed in such a Light, as may throughly satisfy, or at least effectually silence the Doubtful and Exceptious?1715, Robert South, “Sermon I. Matth. xiii. 52.”, in Twelve Sermons Preached at Several Times, and upon Several Occasions, volume IV, London: […] G. James, for Jonah Bowyer […], →OCLC, page 17:
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- The company, who were not at all exceptious, seemed extremely well pleased with every particular of the entertainment […].1751, [Tobias] Smollett, chapter 9, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume I, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC, page 68:
- Related terms
- exceptiousness