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disquisition
1605, "subject for investigation," also "systematic search," from L.
disquisitionem
(nom.
disquisitio
), from stem of
disquirere
"inquire," from
dis-
"apart" +
quærere
"seek, ask" (see
query
). Sense of "long speech" first recorded 1647.
