inquisitiveadj.n.

/ɪnˈkwɪzɪtɪv/

Forms: Middle English–1500s inquisitif, etc. (with usual interchange of i and y, f, fe, ff, and ve), Middle English enquesitif, inquizitif, 1500s– inquisitive.

Etymology: < Old French inquisitif, -ive (Godefroy), < late Latin inquīsītīvus (Boethius), < Latin inquīsīt- , participial stem of inquīrĕre to inquire v.: see -ive suffix. Compare Italian inquisitivo (Florio).

A. adj.

a. Given to inquiry, questioning, or research; of an inquiring turn of mind; desirous of or eager for knowledge; curious. (Of persons, their dispositions, actions, etc.)

ΚΠ

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xviii. 292 Ewein white honde, that was more enquesitif, asked of whens thei were.

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. (1557) 640/1 I purpose not..to be so curiouse and inquisitive as to enquire whyther [etc.].

1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. bij^v As an Oxe..no furder carefull or inquisitiue.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. G3 A naturall curiositie and inquisitive appetite.

1654 Bp. J. Taylor Real Presence Ep. Ded. sig. A3 To make us humble, apt to learn, inquisitive, and charitable.

1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 44 The inquisitive and better part of Mankind.

1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron II. vi. viii. 31 So many wise, learned, and inquisitive Men.

a1751 T. Langley Builder's Jewel (1757) 26 It will not be in the Power of the most inquisitive Eye to discover the Difference.

1865 G. Grote Plato I. Pref. p. vii The number of individual intellects, independent, inquisitive, and acute, is always rare.

b. Often (now usually) in an unfavourable sense: Unduly or impertinently curious; prying.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > [adjective] > unduly

curiousa1340

inquisitive1529

prying1552

peering1568

speculative1605

emissitious1620

peeking1680

mousing1692

peery1699

long-nebbed1706

inquisitorial1796

nosy1827

nebby1860

inscrutive1882

rootin' tootin'1882

snoopy1895

stickybeak1917

nibby1942

pirooting1958

1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iii, in Wks. 243/1 The lesse witte the more inquisitife.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. A2^v Beholding you not with the inquisitiue eye of presumption.

1715 R. South 12 Serm. IV. 70 Inquisitive Persons..who have a Mind to pry into the Thoughts and Actions of their Neighbour.

1788 A. Hamilton in A. Hamilton et al. Federalist I. xii. 71 The genius of the people will ill-brook the inquisitive and peremptory spirit of excise laws.

1832 G. Downes Lett. from Continental Countries I. 181 This was the most inquisitive old fellow I have ever seen.

figurative.1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 13 I pray be cautious of your carriage under that meridian, it is a searching (Inquisitiue) air.1884 Mag. of Art 7 163 A girl in a white figured gown at work,..white window curtains about her, and the inquisitive light streaming around her.

c. Const. of, after, about, for, into, †upon (the thing which one seeks to know), or with infinitive, or subordinate interrogative clause.

ΘΚΠ

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

c1386 G. Chaucer Miller's Prol. 56 An housbonde shal nat been Inquisityf Of goddes pryuetee nor of his wyf.

c1450 J. Lydgate Secrees 1772 (heading) How a kyng shulde be inquisitiff to knowe diuers Oppynyouns.

1474 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 476 He was passyng jnquisytyff howe þat I was purueyd fore recompensyng off Towneshend.

1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 31^v Be not inquisitif vpon other folkis lest they be inquisitif vpon the.

1520 R. Whittington Uulgaria sig. B.i He is euer inquisityue of suche maters.

1576 A. Fleming tr. Isocrates in Panoplie Epist. 178 I would have been inquisitive after things more commendable.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 149 Not very inquisitiue about forreigne affaires.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iv. 177 Foraigners there being very inquisitive of them, to be satisfied in the particulars of his devotion.

1676 tr. G. Guillet de Saint-Georges Acct. Voy. Athens 117 We were all of us inquisitive after the famous Temples of Jupiter, Minerva, and Venus.

1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires xvi. 314 Inquisitive of Fights, and longs in vain To find him in the Number of the Slain.

1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 246 He was curious and inquisitive into the History of Poetry and the Stage.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 50. ¶2 The Upholsterer finding my Friend very inquisitive about these his Lodgers.

1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews i. xi, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 19 Lot's wife..being too nicely inquisitive what would become of it.

1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty 4 Gentlemen, who have been inquisitive after knowledge in pictures.

1823 C. Lamb South-sea House in Elia 3 Some curious finger..inquisitive to explore the mode of book-keeping in Queen Anne's reign.

B. n.

An inquisitive person. (By Puttenham applied to the rhetorical figure erotesis n.)

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > rhetorical question

interrogation?1533

erotema1589

inquisitive1589

questioner1589

erotesis1656

rhetorical questiona1686

the mind > attention and judgement > [noun] > person having

inquisitor?1504

ferret1629

curioso1658

inquisitive1690

numquid1833

pry1837

noser1860

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 177 A kinde of figuratiue speach when we aske many questions and looke for none answere, speaking indeed by interrogation, which we might as well say by affirmation. This figure I call the Questioner or inquisitiue.

1690 W. Temple Ess. Poetry 58 in Miscellanea: 2nd Pt. There are no where so many..Curious Inquisitives, so many Pretenders to Business and State-Imployments.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	inquisitive
释义	inquisitiveadj.n. /ɪnˈkwɪzɪtɪv/ Forms: Middle English–1500s inquisitif, etc. (with usual interchange of i and y, f, fe, ff, and ve), Middle English enquesitif, inquizitif, 1500s– inquisitive. Etymology: < Old French inquisitif, -ive (Godefroy), < late Latin inquīsītīvus (Boethius), < Latin inquīsīt- , participial stem of inquīrĕre to inquire v.: see -ive suffix. Compare Italian inquisitivo (Florio). A. adj. a. Given to inquiry, questioning, or research; of an inquiring turn of mind; desirous of or eager for knowledge; curious. (Of persons, their dispositions, actions, etc.) ΚΠ a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xviii. 292 Ewein white honde, that was more enquesitif, asked of whens thei were. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. (1557) 640/1 I purpose not..to be so curiouse and inquisitive as to enquire whyther [etc.]. 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. bij^v As an Oxe..no furder carefull or inquisitiue. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. G3 A naturall curiositie and inquisitive appetite. View more context for this quotation 1654 Bp. J. Taylor Real Presence Ep. Ded. sig. A3 To make us humble, apt to learn, inquisitive, and charitable. 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 44 The inquisitive and better part of Mankind. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron II. vi. viii. 31 So many wise, learned, and inquisitive Men. a1751 T. Langley Builder's Jewel (1757) 26 It will not be in the Power of the most inquisitive Eye to discover the Difference. 1865 G. Grote Plato I. Pref. p. vii The number of individual intellects, independent, inquisitive, and acute, is always rare. b. Often (now usually) in an unfavourable sense: Unduly or impertinently curious; prying. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > [adjective] > unduly curiousa1340 inquisitive1529 prying1552 peering1568 speculative1605 emissitious1620 peeking1680 mousing1692 peery1699 long-nebbed1706 inquisitorial1796 nosy1827 nebby1860 inscrutive1882 rootin' tootin'1882 snoopy1895 stickybeak1917 nibby1942 pirooting1958 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iii, in Wks. 243/1 The lesse witte the more inquisitife. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. A2^v Beholding you not with the inquisitiue eye of presumption. View more context for this quotation 1715 R. South 12 Serm. IV. 70 Inquisitive Persons..who have a Mind to pry into the Thoughts and Actions of their Neighbour. 1788 A. Hamilton in A. Hamilton et al. Federalist I. xii. 71 The genius of the people will ill-brook the inquisitive and peremptory spirit of excise laws. 1832 G. Downes Lett. from Continental Countries I. 181 This was the most inquisitive old fellow I have ever seen. figurative.1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 13 I pray be cautious of your carriage under that meridian, it is a searching (Inquisitiue) air.1884 Mag. of Art 7 163 A girl in a white figured gown at work,..white window curtains about her, and the inquisitive light streaming around her. c. Const. of, after, about, for, into, †upon (the thing which one seeks to know), or with infinitive, or subordinate interrogative clause. ΘΚΠ 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 c1386 G. Chaucer Miller's Prol. 56 An housbonde shal nat been Inquisityf Of goddes pryuetee nor of his wyf. c1450 J. Lydgate Secrees 1772 (heading) How a kyng shulde be inquisitiff to knowe diuers Oppynyouns. 1474 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 476 He was passyng jnquisytyff howe þat I was purueyd fore recompensyng off Towneshend. 1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 31^v Be not inquisitif vpon other folkis lest they be inquisitif vpon the. 1520 R. Whittington Uulgaria sig. B.i He is euer inquisityue of suche maters. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Isocrates in Panoplie Epist. 178 I would have been inquisitive after things more commendable. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 149 Not very inquisitiue about forreigne affaires. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iv. 177 Foraigners there being very inquisitive of them, to be satisfied in the particulars of his devotion. 1676 tr. G. Guillet de Saint-Georges Acct. Voy. Athens 117 We were all of us inquisitive after the famous Temples of Jupiter, Minerva, and Venus. 1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires xvi. 314 Inquisitive of Fights, and longs in vain To find him in the Number of the Slain. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 246 He was curious and inquisitive into the History of Poetry and the Stage. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 50. ¶2 The Upholsterer finding my Friend very inquisitive about these his Lodgers. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews i. xi, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 19 Lot's wife..being too nicely inquisitive what would become of it. 1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty 4 Gentlemen, who have been inquisitive after knowledge in pictures. 1823 C. Lamb South-sea House in Elia 3 Some curious finger..inquisitive to explore the mode of book-keeping in Queen Anne's reign. B. n. An inquisitive person. (By Puttenham applied to the rhetorical figure erotesis n.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > rhetorical question interrogation?1533 erotema1589 inquisitive1589 questioner1589 erotesis1656 rhetorical questiona1686 the mind > attention and judgement > [noun] > person having inquisitor?1504 ferret1629 curioso1658 inquisitive1690 numquid1833 pry1837 noser1860 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 177 A kinde of figuratiue speach when we aske many questions and looke for none answere, speaking indeed by interrogation, which we might as well say by affirmation. This figure I call the Questioner or inquisitiue. 1690 W. Temple Ess. Poetry 58 in Miscellanea: 2nd Pt. There are no where so many..Curious Inquisitives, so many Pretenders to Business and State-Imployments. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.c1386
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