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单词 interrogative
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interrogativeadj.n.

/ɪntəˈrɒɡətɪv/
Etymology: < late Latin interrogātīvus: see interrogate v. and -ive suffix. Compare French interrogatif, -ive (1507 in Godefroy).
A. adj.
1. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of questioning; having the form or force of a question.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [adjective]
interrogatory1576
interrogative1597
questioning1600
questionarya1602
pysmatic1652
querical1699
the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > [adjective]
interrogative1597
erotetic1848
interrogational1880
quizzing1915
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxiii. 152 The baptisme which saueth vs is..ἐπερώτημα, an interrogatiue triall of a good conscience towards God.
1698 R. South 12 Serm. III. 5 Nor does this Interrogative way of Expression import only a bare Negation of the Thing.
1711 J. Greenwood Ess. Pract. Eng. Gram. 209 The substantive comes before the verb except in an Interrogative sentence.
1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia II. xiii. 314 Miriam made interrogative signs, which Pelagia understood as asking her whether she was alone.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 152 The Platonic ideas are tested by the interrogative method of Socrates.
2. Rhetoric and Grammar. Of a word or form: Employed in asking a question. interrogative pronoun, the pronouns who? which? what? whether? interrogative adverb, such as where? when? why? wherefore? interrogative point = interrogation n. 2b.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > [adjective] > interrogative
interrogative1520
1520 R. Whittington Uulgaria sig. B.vv Nownes interrogatyue: as quis, vter.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 80 Of the pronownes interrogatives.
?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Pi The coniugation interrogatiue, As, Am I: Suis ie.
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. iv. 62 His comma, colon, and interrogatiue point.
1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 250 The interrogative particle, whether.
a1831 J. Stoddart Gram. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) I. 186/1 The..interrogative form of the verb.
3. Given to asking questions; inquisitive. rare.
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the mind > attention and judgement > [adjective]
inquisitivec1386
inquiring1598
investigating1631
inquirous1632
burrow-headed1650
curious1653
interested1665
inquisitous1694
interrogative1709
yuky1719
Eve-ish1753
inquisite1808
wondering1810
percontatorial1849
questionous1893
quizzy1920
curious-minded1928
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 140. ⁋11 Such Interrogative Gentlewomen are to be answered no other Way than by Interrogation.
1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 35 He is a tall, thin, bony man, with an interrogative nose, and little restless perking eyes.
B. n.
1. An interrogation, a question. rare.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [noun] > act or instance of
askOE
askingOE
questionc1350
demandc1386
inquestc1400
interrogationc1405
inquisitionc1440
questioninga1450
inquirea1500
manda1500
terogatores1511
interrogatory1533
inquiry1548
interrogator1561
interrogativea1586
quaere1589
intergatory1590
A1591
Q1591
query1610
interrogate1633
starter1673
querical1699
speer1788
qy.1819
Q1902
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. D1 These men..with a scornefull interogatiue, doe..aske.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 295 Olenus Calenus..intended by subtill interrogatiue to translate the benefit thereof to his owne native countrey of Tuscane.
1847 Jeffrey Let. in Cockburn Life II. cxciv I do expect and require an answer to all these interrogatives.
2. Grammar. A word or form employed in asking a question; esp. an interrogative pronoun.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > [noun] > use of interrogative > interrogative word or form
interrogative1530
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement Introd. 29 Relatyves as qui or lequel; interrogatyves as qui.
1534 N. Udall Floures for Latine Spekynge gathered oute of Terence 104 (R.) For al voices that are relatiues, may sometimes be interrogatiues, as whan they aske a question.
1762 R. Lowth Short Introd. Eng. Gram. (1838) 39 Who, which, what, are called Interrogatives, when they are used in asking questions.
1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. v. 96 They [relatives] are demonstratives and interrogatives put to a new use.
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