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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Disposed or apt to take exceptions, or to object; captious.

[Obs.]

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Ex-cep′tious-ness

Noun.

[Obs.]

Barrow.

Adj.

Peevish; disposed or apt to cavil, or take exceptions. [Little used.]

exceptious ‎(comparative more exceptious, superlative most exceptious)

(obsolete) Apt to take exception, or to object; captious.
At least effectually silence the doubtful and exceptious. — South.