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Definition of Inquisitive
1. Adjective. Showing curiosity. "Raised a speculative eyebrow"
Similar to: Curious
Derivative terms: Inquire, Inquisitiveness, Speculate
2. Adjective. Inquiring or appearing to inquire. "The police are proverbially inquisitive"
Definition of Inquisitive
1. a. Disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer.
2. n. A person who is inquisitive; one curious in research.
Definition of Inquisitive
1. Adjective. Eager to acquire knowledge. ¹
2. Adjective. Too curious; overly interested; nosy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inquisitive
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inquisitive
Literary usage of Inquisitive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Synonymy: Or, An Attempt at Regulating the Choice of Words in by Hester Lynch Piozzi (1794)
"... inquisitive* ADDICTED TO ENQUIRY. THESE adjectives are not ... are the people
we call inquisitive, ..."
2. Crabb's English Synonyms by George Crabb (1917)
"The curious person interests himself in all the works of nature and art; he is
curious to try effects and examine causes : the inquisitive person endeavors ..."
3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"Their suffrage is claimed, with equal confidence, by the orthodox and by the
heretical parties; and the most inquisitive critics have fairly allowed that, ..."
4. Ethical Obligations of the Lawyer by Gleason Leonard Archer (1910)
"DUTY IN RESPECT TO OVER-inquisitive CLIENT. A garrulous, over-inquisitive client,
if given any encouragement, will pester his lawyer with innumerable ..."
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