Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

expiscatory

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-pis-ca-to-ry
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending to fish out (information); searching, or fact-finding

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Now, by innumerable confrontations and expiscatory questions, through entanglements, doublings and windings that fatigue eye and soul, this most involute of Lies is finally winded off […]"

Usage

Archaic

Frequently Paired Words

expiscate expiscation

Questions

What does expiscatory mean?: Tending to fish out (information); searching, or fact-finding

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