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English
Etymology
From excepti(on) + -ous, after captious.
Pronunciation
Adjective
exceptious (comparative more exceptious, superlative most exceptious)
- (obsolete) Apt to take exception, or to object; captious, complaining.
1622 (first performance), Thomas Middleton, William Rowley, The Changeling: Never Printed before.">…], London: ">…] for Humphrey Moseley, , published 1653, →OCLC, Act II, signature D, verso:Tom. So, did you mark the dulness of her parting now?
Alon. What dulness? Thou art so exceptious still.
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: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?
1751, Smollett, chapter 9, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle , volume I, London: Harrison and Co., , →OCLC, page 68:The company, who were not at all exceptious, seemed extremely well pleased with every particular of the entertainment .