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单词 percontatorial
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percontatorialadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin percontāt- , percontārī , -orial suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin percontāt-, past participial stem of percontārī (also percontāre ) to inquire, interrogate (see percontation n.) + -orial suffix. Compare classical Latin percontātor interrogator, post-classical Latin percontatorius of or relating to questioning (a1536 in Erasmus). Compare earlier percontation n.
Obsolete.
Of or relating to percontation; given to asking questions; inquisitive.
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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
1849 Ecclesiologist Nov. 177 I believe that Jersey is the true Phaeacia, and that percontatorial King Alcinous is but an Hellenic form of some ancient De Carteret or De Saumarez.
1861 Sat. Rev. 18 May 496 The forms of the house, on putting a question, do not admit the percontatorial process to be continued.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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