inquisitor

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French inquisiteur, from Latin inquīsītor.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ɪnˈkwɪzətəɹ/

Noun

inquisitor (plural inquisitors)

  1. A person who inquires, especially searchingly or ruthlessly.
    During the meeting, Jake turned into an inquisitor, firing questions at the presenter non-stop.
  2. (historical) An official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition.

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Latin

Etymology

Agent noun of inquīrō (“inquire, investigate”) (past participle inquīsītus) + +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

Noun

inquīsītor m (genitive inquīsītōris, feminine inquīsītrix); third declension

  1. searcher
  2. inquisitor, tracker, detective, spy
  3. examiner, investigator

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative inquīsītor inquīsītōrēs
genitive inquīsītōris inquīsītōrum
dative inquīsītōrī inquīsītōribus
accusative inquīsītōrem inquīsītōrēs
ablative inquīsītōre inquīsītōribus
vocative inquīsītor inquīsītōrēs

Descendants

References

  • “inquisitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “inquisitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • inquisitor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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