captiousness

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state of being captious. uncountable,usually
    — "Yes— and I suppose you want to know why," she replied with dry captiousness.
  2. Captious behaviour. uncountable,usually

词形变化

captiousnesses plural

词源

Etymology tree
English captious
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English captiousness
From captious + -ness.
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