Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inquirist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-quirist
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An inquirer, a questioner.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"[T]he inquirist (a grave old farmer-looking man) held up his hands, and said, Good God!—this will be sad, sad news to somebody!"

Etymology

From inquire + -ist.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

inquirists (plural)

Questions

What does inquirist mean?: An inquirer, a questioner.
Where does inquirist come from?: From inquire + -ist.

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