† inquisitoriousadj.
Obsolete. rare.
= inquisitorial adj. 2.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > [adjective] > inquisitorial
inquisitorious1641
inquisitional1644
inquisiturient1644
inquisitorial1796
1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 40 This impertinent yoke of prelaty, under whose inquisitorius and tyrannical duncery no free and splendid wit can flourish.
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adj.1641- to have the better end of the staff
- to have the better hand
- to have the better of
- to have the better, or worse, end of the staff
- to have the big eye
- to have the black dog on one's back
- to have the black dog on one's shoulder
- to have the brass neck to
- to have the bulge on
- to have the call
- to have the call of the market
- to have the care of
- to have the cheek
- to have the cheek to do something
- to have the conscience
- to have the crappy end of the stick
- to have the defects of one's qualities
- to have the defects of one's virtues
- to have the dingbats
- to have the ear of a person
- to have the edge on
- to have the eminence of
- to have the etc end of the stick
- to have the face
- to have the face to do something