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   Cen·so·ri·ous

   /senˈsôrēəs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. severely critical of others: "modest, charitable in his judgments, never censorious, Jim carried tolerance almost too far"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from Latin censorius (from censor ‘magistrate’) + -ious.

   Derivatives

   • 1. censoriously adverb
   • 2. censoriousness noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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