zeteticaladj.n.

Brit.

/zᵻˈtɛtᵻkl/, U.S.

/zəˈtɛdək(ə)l/

Forms: 1600s zeteticall, 1800s– zetetical.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin zeteticus , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin zeteticus zetetic adj. + -al suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier zetetic adj.

A. adj.

Inquiring, investigating; proceeding by inquiry or investigation; = zetetic adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [adjective] > engaged in investigation

perquiring1598

exploratory1620

zetetic1645

zetetical1646

disquisitive1647

probing1749

disquisitorial1806

investigating1830

perusing1878

pickbrain1903

1646 J. Pell Let. 25 Jan. in J. Pell & his Corr. with C. Cavendish (2005) 454 A Zeteticall Logista cares not to know what R.T. a or b signify.

1873 J. Naylor Bedford Canal Not Convex 13 By strict deduction, by a purely zetetical process,..the peculiarity of the Bedford signals is explained.

1915 Athenæum 6 Feb. 126/2 We should have thought that a biographer's primary duty was to be zetetical—that is, to proceed by inquiry.

2009 V. R. Rosaleny in J. R. M. Neto et al. Skepticism Mod. Age i. 66 Montaigne's novelty of style shows..a desire to remove any illusion of certainty in a pure, endless zetetical searching.

B. n.

Chiefly with the. Short for Zetetical Society n. at Compounds.

ΚΠ

1882 Academy 7 Jan. 11/3 8 p.m. Zetetical: ‘Vivisection,’ by Mrs. Anna Kingsford.

1905 G. B. Shaw Let. 3 Jan. (1972) II. 486 After about a year of the Zetetical I joined the Dialectical.

2000 R. Harrison Life & Times S. & B. Webb i. i. 24 In the days of the Zetetical, Sidney showed neither the clearness nor the coolness that Shaw retrospectively attributed to him.

Compounds

Zetetical Society n. (the name of) a free-thinking society founded in London in 1878 as a forum for debate of social, political, and scientific matters.

ΚΠ

1881 Malthusian Jan. 187/1 Dr. C. R. Drysdale lectured on this subject at the Zetetical Society..at the Westminster Democratic Club.

1921 G. B. Shaw Immaturity (1930) p. xl Not until..1879, did I for the first time rise to my feet in a little debating club called the Zetetical Society.

2012 Shaw 32 134 The brainchild of Sir Ebenezer Howard, whom Shaw had befriended in 1879 at a Zetetical Society debate, the Garden City concept was first introduced in a short book.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	zetetical
释义	zeteticaladj.n. Brit. /zᵻˈtɛtᵻkl/, U.S. /zəˈtɛdək(ə)l/ Forms: 1600s zeteticall, 1800s– zetetical. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin zeteticus , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < post-classical Latin zeteticus zetetic adj. + -al suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier zetetic adj. A. adj. Inquiring, investigating; proceeding by inquiry or investigation; = zetetic adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [adjective] > engaged in investigation perquiring1598 exploratory1620 zetetic1645 zetetical1646 disquisitive1647 probing1749 disquisitorial1806 investigating1830 perusing1878 pickbrain1903 1646 J. Pell Let. 25 Jan. in J. Pell & his Corr. with C. Cavendish (2005) 454 A Zeteticall Logista cares not to know what R.T. a or b signify. 1873 J. Naylor Bedford Canal Not Convex 13 By strict deduction, by a purely zetetical process,..the peculiarity of the Bedford signals is explained. 1915 Athenæum 6 Feb. 126/2 We should have thought that a biographer's primary duty was to be zetetical—that is, to proceed by inquiry. 2009 V. R. Rosaleny in J. R. M. Neto et al. Skepticism Mod. Age i. 66 Montaigne's novelty of style shows..a desire to remove any illusion of certainty in a pure, endless zetetical searching. B. n. Chiefly with the. Short for Zetetical Society n. at Compounds. ΚΠ 1882 Academy 7 Jan. 11/3 8 p.m. Zetetical: ‘Vivisection,’ by Mrs. Anna Kingsford. 1905 G. B. Shaw Let. 3 Jan. (1972) II. 486 After about a year of the Zetetical I joined the Dialectical. 2000 R. Harrison Life & Times S. & B. Webb i. i. 24 In the days of the Zetetical, Sidney showed neither the clearness nor the coolness that Shaw retrospectively attributed to him. Compounds Zetetical Society n. (the name of) a free-thinking society founded in London in 1878 as a forum for debate of social, political, and scientific matters. ΚΠ 1881 Malthusian Jan. 187/1 Dr. C. R. Drysdale lectured on this subject at the Zetetical Society..at the Westminster Democratic Club. 1921 G. B. Shaw Immaturity (1930) p. xl Not until..1879, did I for the first time rise to my feet in a little debating club called the Zetetical Society. 2012 Shaw 32 134 The brainchild of Sir Ebenezer Howard, whom Shaw had befriended in 1879 at a Zetetical Society debate, the Garden City concept was first introduced in a short book. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1646
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