单词 | inquisitional |
释义 | inquisitionaladj. Of or pertaining to the Inquisition; of or pertaining to inquisition or inquiry, esp. such as is harsh, strict, or prying; inquisitorial. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [adjective] tyrannish1390 oppressinga1475 tyrannica1492 tyranful1533 tyrannicala1538 tyrannous1556 tyranniousc1561 tramplinga1586 suppressing1589 grinding1598 ingrating1599 wringing1620 inquisitory1639 inquisitional1644 oppressive1646 tyrannial1651 grating1653 inquisitorial1796 oppressive1972 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > [adjective] > inquisitorial inquisitorious1641 inquisitional1644 inquisiturient1644 inquisitorial1796 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 19 Look..whether those places be one scruple the better, the honester, the wiser, the chaster, since all the inquisitionall rigor that hath bin executed upon books. 1738 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses I. Ded. 9 To shew them what dismal Effects that inquisitional Spirit..would have on Literature in general. 1839 J. Rogers Antipopopriestian ii. ii. ii. 119 The Bishop of Leon was an agent in England for the cruel and inquisitional Don Carlos. 1864 Sir M. Stephenson in Athenæum 3 Sept. 297/2 From its..vexatious inquisitional character, and uncertainty. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1644 |
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