单词 | inquiration |
释义 | inquirationn. dialect. Inquiry. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [noun] askingeOE speeringa1100 frayninga1300 questionc1384 inquiringc1386 inquirance1412 inquirea1500 inquiry1565 sciscitation1618 questioninga1635 enquestiona1641 querying1652 popping1710 inquiration1789 1789 C. Smith Ethelinde III. vi. 136 If so be you would acquaint me where I may make enquiration after your frinds or hern, it would come to the same thing. 1839 C. Clark John Noakes & Mary Styles 4 If they their inquirations maake In winter time, some will Condemn that place as no great shakes. 1850 C. Dickens David Copperfield li. 516 A decent woman as spoke to her about..making secret inquiration concerning of me and all at home. 1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge II. xiv. 196 ‘Suppose we make inquiration into it, Christopher,’ continued Longways; ‘and if we find there's really anything in it, drop a letter to them most concerned.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1789 |
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