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Synonyms for disquisition

Grammar : Noun
Spell : dis-kwuh-zish-uh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɪs kwəˈzɪʃ ən

Définition of disquisition

Origin :
  • c.1600, "subject for investigation," also "systematic search," from Latin disquisitionem (nominative disquisitio) "an inquiry, investigation," noun of action from past participle stem of disquirere "inquire," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + quaerere "seek, ask" (see query (v.)). Sense of "long speech" first recorded 1640s.
  • noun discourse
Example sentences :
  • This is hardly the place for a disquisition upon African Latin.
  • Extract from : « The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura » by Lucius Apuleius
  • I thought the company had had about enough of this disquisition.
  • Extract from : « Over the Teacups » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • The disquisition on the reasons for the Euxine's freezing over is, however, new.
  • Extract from : « The Last Poems of Ovid » by Ovid
  • Why even did he not continue his disquisition on the philosophic value of allusiveness?
  • Extract from : « The Belovd Vagabond » by William J. Locke
  • But there was no time for disquisition, the second bee being now ready for a start.
  • Extract from : « Oak Openings » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Whoever wrote the disquisition "On the Universe" wrote also our work.
  • Extract from : « Studies of Christianity » by James Martineau
  • During supper, I had to listen to a disquisition on lying from Suki.
  • Extract from : « The Gypsy's Parson » by George Hall
  • There seems no need to follow their disquisition on such a well-worn subject.
  • Extract from : « The Intrusions of Peggy » by Anthony Hope
  • The more remote their field of disquisition, the more positive are they.
  • Extract from : « The Catholic World, Vol. X, October 1869 » by Various
  • Our disquisition was interrupted by the approach of Captain Gabion.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 67, Number 414, April, 1850 » by Various

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