-
appeared the (East) 'Atlantic Archipelago' will have any
appeal beyond captious scholars. "Guardian
Style Guide", The Guardian, London, 19
December 2008...
- Everything, of course,
turns out
quite happily, except, perhaps, for
those captious souls who
regard religion as an
adult matter." The
Bells of St. Mary's...
- however, her
commentary in "The Family"
sketches is
limited to
constant captious complaints,
belligerent remarks that
instigate the
other characters, and...
- ; mora "delay, any
duration of time" ⇒ mérmeros "baneful, mischievous;
captious, fastidious"; mérimna "care, thought;
anxious mind"; mártus, márturos "witness"...
-
worded so as to
present two or more senses, one of
which is objectionable;
captious (captiosa) when
acceptable words are made to
express objectionable thoughts;...
-
student with a
rather stern personality,
earning her the re****tion as the "
Captious Student Council President". Her
grades are outstanding, the best Kouga...
- from Old Provençal
cabestan capsule captain Old Fr.
capitaine caption captious capture Capuchin car Old N. Fr. carre, from
Latin carrus, from Gaulish...
-
Irreligious sentiments,
drunken mockery,
anticlerical expressions, were all
captiously classified by the
inquisitors (or by
those who
denounced the cases) as...
- France.
Unigenitus censured 101
propositions of
Pasquier Quesnel as: false,
captious, ill-sounding,
offensive to
pious ears, scandalous, pernicious, rash, injurious...
- been
leveled by Philip's
agents against Pope
Boniface VIII. Nogaret's
captious interrogatories necessarily disconcerted Molai, who,
knowing neither law...
