exquisitive
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English
Etymology
From Latin exquīsītus + -ive.
Adjective
exquisitive (comparative more exquisitive, superlative most exquisitive)
- (obsolete) Eager to discover or learn; curious.
- 1811, Archibauld Loudon, A Selection of Some of the Most Interesting Narratives:
- they were overpowered by numbers, captivated, and put to the most exquisitive tortures
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References
- “exquisitive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ^ “exquisitive, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
