"inquisitive" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪŋˈkwɪzətɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inquisitive.wav Forms: more inquisitive [comparative], most inquisitive [superlative]
enPR: ĭngkwĭz'ətĭv Etymology: Late 14th century, from Old French inquisitif, from Late Latin inquisitivus, from Latin inquisitus, past participle of inquirere. See also inquire. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|inquisitif}} Old French inquisitif, {{der|en|LL.|inquisitivus}} Late Latin inquisitivus, {{der|en|la|inquisitus}} Latin inquisitus Head templates: {{en-adj}} inquisitive (comparative more inquisitive, superlative most inquisitive)
  1. Eager to acquire knowledge; acquisitive. Translations (eager to acquire knowledge): հետաքրքրասեր (hetakʻrkʻraser) (Armenian), любознателен (ljuboznatelen) (Bulgarian), masukitsukiton (Cebuano), mausisahon (Cebuano), 好奇 (hàoqí) (Chinese Mandarin), nysgerrig (Danish), videbegærlig (Danish), nieuwsgierig (Dutch), leergierig (Dutch), scivola (Esperanto), utelias (Finnish), tiedonhaluinen (Finnish), tiedonjanoinen (Finnish), inquisitivo (Galician), neugierig (German), wissbegierig (German), जिज्ञासु (jijñāsu) (Hindi), कुतूहली (kutūhlī) (Hindi), प्रश्नशील (praśnaśīl) (Hindi), kíváncsi (Hungarian), fürkész (Hungarian), 知りたがる (shiritagaru) (alt: しりたがる) (Japanese), ziņkārīgs (Latvian), ziņkārs (Latvian), vitebegjærlig (Norwegian Bokmål), nysgjerrig (Norwegian Bokmål), forviten (Norwegian Nynorsk), vitekjær (Norwegian Nynorsk), nyfiken (Norwegian Nynorsk), dociekliwy (Polish), inquisitivo (Portuguese), любозна́тельный (ljuboznátelʹnyj) (Russian), пытли́вый (pytlívyj) (Russian), любопы́тный (ljubopýtnyj) (Russian), радознао [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), знатижељан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), radoznao [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), znatiželjan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), inquisitivo (Spanish), vetgirig (Swedish), frågvis (Swedish), tò mò (Vietnamese)
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  2. Too curious; overly interested; nosy. Categories (topical): Personality Translations (too curious; overly interested; nosy): досадно любопитен (dosadno ljubopiten) (Bulgarian), nieuwsgierig (Dutch), tunkeileva (Finnish), curieux (French), neugierig (German), kíváncsiskodó (Hungarian), tolakodó (Hungarian), indiszkrét (Hungarian), tapintatlan (Hungarian), kandi (Hungarian), minden lében kanál (Hungarian), curioso (Italian), indiscreto (Italian), fass (Jamaican Creole), curiosus (Latin), mahira (Maori), māhirahira (Maori), nysgjerrig (Norwegian Bokmål), nieschierich (Plautdietsch), ciekawski (Polish), wścibski (Polish), inquisitivo (Portuguese), enxerido (Portuguese), intrometido (Portuguese), любопы́тный (ljubopýtnyj) (alt: назо́йливо) (Russian), inquisitivo (Spanish), curioso (Spanish), nyfiken (Swedish), dòm ngó (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-inquisitive-en-adj-hY2Ym1D8 Disambiguation of Personality: 37 63 Disambiguation of 'too curious; overly interested; nosy': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: inquisitive monkey, inquisitively, inquisitiveness Related terms: inquire
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          "word": "好奇"
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          "word": "utelias"
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          "roman": "jijñāsu",
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          "roman": "ljuboznátelʹnyj",
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          "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
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          "ref": "1890, Jacob A[ugust] Riis, “A Raid on the Stale-beer Dives”, in How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 77:",
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          "ref": "1892, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “[Beyond the City] The New-comers”, in The Great Shadow and Beyond the City, Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith, […]; London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., →OCLC, page 157:",
          "text": "No, no, Bertha; we must not give them reason to say that their neighbours are inquisitive.",
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
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      "word": "dociekliwy"
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      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
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      "code": "vi",
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      "word": "tò mò"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "word": "kíváncsiskodó"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "tapintatlan"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "kandi"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "minden lében kanál"
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      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "curioso"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "indiscreto"
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      "code": "jam",
      "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "fass"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "curiosus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "mahira"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "māhirahira"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "nysgjerrig"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "nieschierich"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "ciekawski"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "wścibski"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "inquisitivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "enxerido"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "intrometido"
    },
    {
      "alt": "назо́йливо",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ljubopýtnyj",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "любопы́тный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "inquisitivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "curioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "nyfiken"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "dòm ngó"
    }
  ],
  "word": "inquisitive"
}

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