Definitions for inquisitive
ɪnˈkwɪz ɪ tɪvin·quis·i·tive

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 3 votes

1. inquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering(a)adjective

   showing curiosity

   "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow"

2. inquisitiveadjective

   inquiring or appearing to inquire

   "an inquiring look"; "the police are proverbially inquisitive"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. inquisitiveadjective

   Eager to acquire knowledge.

2. inquisitiveadjective

   Too curious; overly interested; nosy.

3. Etymology: Late 14th Century, from Old French: inquisitif, from Late Latin: inquisitivus, from Latin: inquisitus, past participle of inquirere, also see: inquire.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. INQUISITIVEadjective

   Curious; busy in search; active to pry into any thing. With about, after, into, or of, and sometimes into.

   Etymology: inquisitus, Latin.

   My boy at eighteen years became inquisitive
   After his brother. William Shakespeare, Comedy of Errours.

   This idleness, together with fear of imminent mischiefs, have been the cause that the Irish were ever the most inquisitive people after news of any nation in the world. Davies.

   He is not inquisitive into the reasonableness of indifferent and innocent commands. Jeremy Taylor, Rule of living holy.

   It can be no duty to write his heart upon his forehead, and to give all the inquisitive and malicious world a survey of those thoughts, which is the prerogative of God only to know. South.

   His old shaking sire,
   Inquisitive of fights, still longs in vain
   To find him in the number of the slain. John Dryden, Juv.

   Thou, what befits the new lord-mayor,
   And what the Gallick arms will do,
   Art anxiously inquisitive to know. Dryden.

   A Dutch ambassador, entertaining the king of Siam with the particularities of Holland, which he was inquisitive after, told him that the water would, in cold weather, be so hard that men walked upon it. John Locke.

   The whole neighbourhood grew inquisitive after my name and character. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

   A wise man is not inquisitive about things impertinent. William Broome, Notes on the Odyssey.

   They cannot bear with the impertinent questions of a young inquisitive and sprightly genius. Isaac Watts, Improv. of the Mind.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. inquisitive

   Inquisitive generally refers to someone who is curious, eager for knowledge, or tends to ask a lot of questions in order to learn or understand more about something.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Inquisitiveadjective

   disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer

2. Inquisitiveadjective

   given to examination, investigation, or research; searching; curious

3. Inquisitivenoun

   a person who is inquisitive; one curious in research

How to pronounce inquisitive?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of inquisitive in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of inquisitive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of inquisitive in a Sentence

1. Frank Moore Colby:

   Every man ought to be inquisitive through every hour of his great adventure down to the day when he shall no longer cast a shadow in the sun. For if he dies without a question in his heart, what excuse is there for his continuance

2. Shaun Murphy:

   Computers, tablets, and smartphones are very inexpensive and [sometimes older devices are free] and internet access is just a coffee shop away, combine that with the energy and inquisitive nature of children and you have unlimited possibilities.

3. Robert Burrs:

   It was difficult, they ask a lot of questions. Like their mom, they’re very inquisitive.

4. Edith Hamilton:

   There are few efforts more conducive to humility than that of the translator trying to communicate an incommunicable beauty. Yet, unless we do try, something unique and never surpassed will cease to exist except in the libraries of a few inquisitive book lovers.

5. Eindhoven University of Technology:

   Ivo Jongsma supervisors enjoyed working with Ivo Jongsma, not only because of Ivo Jongsma enormous talent, but also because Ivo Jongsma is a very kindhearted and inquisitive boy, the door is therefore still open for Ivo Jongsma to resume the study as long as the conditions remain realistic.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=inquisitive
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Inquisitive
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=inquisitive
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inquisitive