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captious [ˈkapt(j)ʌs]
adj. Tending to find fault or raise petty objections.
captire, captyre,
captire [N. ˈkaptɪr]
n. Usually in the phrase haud in captire to keep someone in suspense.
captir, captire, captire, captur, captyre, kepture,
captur [ˈkaptər]
v. To capture.
car, car-, cur, cur- curr- cor, currie, ker, ker-,
car- [kar]
also cur- [kʌr], currie-
pref. Implying wrongly, confusedly, awry, something bad, unpleasant or perverse or used intensively, meaning very or exceedingly.
 
Examples: carfuffle, carnaptious, carpickle, curcuddoch, curmudge.
caraff,
caraff [ˈkaraf]
n. An open-topped glass flask used for serving wine or water.
caraidh, carra, carrie, carry, corry,
caraidh [ˈkarɪ]
n. Gael. A weir.
carb, carble, carblin, kerble, kerblin,
carb [MN. karb, kɛrb]
also carble, carblin
n. Wrangling.
v. To fret, wrangle, quarrel. To find fault with.
carcage, carcidge, carkage, carkidge, kerkage,
carcage [ˈkarkɪtʃ, ˈkarkɪdʒ, ˈkarkɪʃ, ˈkarkidʒ, ˈker-]
n. A carcase.
Cardonal, Cardonall,
Cardonal [karˈdonəl]
pn. Cardonald (Glasgow).
caer, caerous, cair, cairin, care, carefae, carefie, carefou, carefu, carena, careous, carin, chair, kerr, ooncarin, uncarin,
care [keːr]
n. Care.
v. To care.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
carefu [-fə S. -fɛ, -fɪ, EC. -fe, WC. -fɑ, N. -fɛ, U. I. -fu]: Careful.
carin: Caring.
careless: Careless.
carena: To not care.
careous [keːrəs]: Anxious.
hert's care: Anxiety, deep worry.
uncarin: Uncaring.

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