inquiration

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɪŋkwɪˈɹeɪʃən/

Noun

inquiration (countable and uncountable, plural inquirations)

  1. (UK, dialect) inquiry
    • 1919, Israel Zangwill, Jinny the Carrier: A Folk-comedy of Rural England:
      "It's all right," Joey startled him by announcing, toppling his tower of parcels into the cart. "Oi've made inquirations. The old Flynt chap be aloive and kickin'."
    • 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, chapter 51, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, , published 1850, →OCLC:
      [] she found (as she believed) a friend; a decent woman as spoke to her about the needle-work as she had been brought up to do, about finding plenty of it fur her, about a lodging fur the night, and making secret inquiration []