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exquisitive

exquisitive adjective: eager to discover or learn; curious.

Adjective

exquisitive (comparative more exquisitive, superlative most exquisitive)

  1. (obsolete) Eager to discover or learn; curious.
    • they were overpowered by numbers, captivated, and put to the most exquisitive tortures1811, Archibauld Loudon, A Selection of Some of the Most Interesting Narratives

Forms of exquisitive

comparativemore exquisitive
superlativemost exquisitive

Origin of exquisitive

From Latin exquīsītus + -ive.

Words formed from exquisitive

Questions about exquisitive

What does exquisitive mean?
Exquisitive means eager to discover or learn; curious.
What part of speech is exquisitive?
Exquisitive is an adjective.

Words near exquisitive in the dictionary

  1. exquisitenesses
  2. exquisites
  3. exquisition
  4. exquisitions
  5. exquisitism
  6. exquisitive
  7. exquisitively
  8. exquisitiveness
  9. exradii
  10. exradio
  11. exradius

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