释义 |
expiscatory, a. rare.|ɛkˈspɪskətərɪ| [as if ad. L. expiscātōri-us, f. expiscārī: see expiscate and -ory.] Tending to expiscate or ‘fish out’.
1829Blackw. Mag. XXVI. 586, I was moved thereunto by an expiscatory curiosity. 1837Carlyle Diam. Neckl. Misc. (1888) V. 190 By..expiscatory questions..this most involute of Lies is finally winded off. |