inquiring (adj.)

"given to inquiry or investigation," 1590s, present-participle adjective from inquire (v.). Related: Inquiringly.

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c. 1300, enqueren, anqueren, "to ask (a question), ask about, ask for (specific information); learn or find out by asking, seek information or knowledge; to conduct a legal or official investigation (into an alleged offense)," from Old French enquerre "ask, inquire about" (Modern French enquérir) and directly from Medieval Latin inquerere, from in- "into" (from PIE root *en "in") + Latin quaerere "ask, seek" (see query (v.)), in place of classical Latin inquirere "seek after, search for, examine, scrutinize." The English word was respelled 14c. on the Latin model, but half-Latinized enquire persists. Related: Inquired; inquiring.

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Definitions of inquiring

inquiring (n.)

a request for information;

Synonyms: questioning

inquiring (adj.)

given to inquiry;

an inquiring mind

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