Meaning of exceptious | Babel Free

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 […].”

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