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disquisitive, a. (n.)|dɪˈskwɪzɪtɪv|
[f. L. disquīsīt- ppl. stem of disquīrĕre + -ive.]
Characterized by or given to disquisition; given to research or investigation; inquiring.
1647Trapp Comm. 2 Cor. xiii. 5 The disquisitive part belongs to us, the decisive to God. 1772Weekly Mag. 22 Apr. 118/1 He..is a man of great disquisitive powers. 1796Coleridge Let. in Mrs. Sandford Poole & Friends (1888) I. 185 My own shaping and disquisitive mind. 1889W. L. Courtney Life J.S. Mill ii. 30 The disquisitive youth.
†B. n. An inquiry or investigation. Obs.
1659Stanley Hist. Philos. III. iv. 11 The Sceptick's end is..Suspension in disquisitives. |