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inquisiturient

inquisiturient adjective: inquisitorial.

Adjective

inquisiturient (comparative more inquisiturient, superlative most inquisiturient)

  1. inquisitorial
    • And this was the rare morsell so officiously snatcht up, and so ilfavourdly imitated by our inquisiturient Bishops, and the attendant minorites their Chaplains.1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC

Forms of inquisiturient

comparativemore inquisiturient
superlativemost inquisiturient

Questions about inquisiturient

What does inquisiturient mean?
Inquisiturient means inquisitorial.
What part of speech is inquisiturient?
Inquisiturient is an adjective.

Words near inquisiturient in the dictionary

  1. inquisitours
  2. inquisitous
  3. inquisitress
  4. inquisitresses
  5. inquisitrix
  6. inquisiturient
  7. inquoracy
  8. inquorate
  9. INR
  10. inracinated
  11. inradii

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