Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - captious

 adjective  Etymology: Middle English capcious, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French captieux, from Latin captiosus, from captio deception, verbal quibble, from capere to take — more at heave  Date: 14th century  1. marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections ~ critics  2. calculated to confuse, entrap, or entangle in argument a ~ question  Synonyms: see critical  • ~ly adverb  • ~ness noun