The Collaborative International Dictionary
Exceptious
Exceptious \Ex*cep"tious\, a. Disposed or apt to take exceptions, or to object; captious.
At least effectually silence the doubtful and
exceptious.
--South.
-- Ex*cep"tious*ness, n. [Obs.]
--Barrow.
Wiktionary
exceptious
a. (context obsolete English) Apt to take exception, or to object; captious.
Usage examples of "exceptious".
It is his ancestor, the original pensioner, that has laid up this inexhaustible fund of merit, which makes his Grace so very delicate and exceptious about the merit of all other grantees of the crown.