单词 | inquisiturient |
释义 | † inquisiturientadj. Obsolete. Desirous of making inquisition; eager to play the inquisitor.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > [adjective] > inquisitorial inquisitorious1641 inquisitional1644 inquisiturient1644 inquisitorial1796 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 9 This was the rare morsell so officiously snatcht up, and so ilfavourdly imitated by our inquisiturient Bishops. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < adj.1644 |
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