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Meaning of exceptious | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2
ɪkˈsɛpʃəs

Definitions

Apt to take exception, or to object; captious, complaining.

obsolete

Examples

“Tom. So, did you mark the dulness of her parting now? Alon. What dulness? Thou art so exceptious still.”
“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?”
“The company, who were not at all exceptious, seemed extremely well pleased with every particular of the entertainment […].”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

exceptive exceptless excernent excerpted excerptible excerptive

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