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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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From {{der|en|la|quaestuārius}}. |
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{{etyl|la}} {{lena}} {{term|quaestuarius|lang=la}} |
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===Pronunciation=== |
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* {{IPA|en|/ˈkwɛstjʊəɹi/|/ˈkwɛstʃʊəɹi/|/ˈkwɛstʃəɹi/|a=UK}} |
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* {{IPA|en|/ˈkwɛstjʊˌɛɹi/|/ˈkwɛst͡ʃʊˌɛɹi/|a=US}} |
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===Adjective=== |
===Adjective=== |
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# {{archaic}} Acquisitive; greedy. |
# {{lb|en|archaic}} Acquisitive; greedy. |
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#* {{RQ:Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica|edition=2nd|passage=Although lapidaries and '''questuary''' enquirers affirm it, yet the writers of minerals, and natural ''speculators'', conceive that stones which bear this name to be a mineral concretion.}} |
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#: {{rfquotek|Sir Thomas Browne}} |
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===Noun=== |
===Noun=== |
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# {{archaic}} One employed to collect [[profit]]s. |
# {{lb|en|archaic}} One employed to collect [[profit]]s. |
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Latest revision as of 20:52, 21 May 2024
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin quaestuārius.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkwɛstjʊəɹi/, /ˈkwɛstʃʊəɹi/, /ˈkwɛstʃəɹi/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈkwɛstjʊˌɛɹi/, /ˈkwɛst͡ʃʊˌɛɹi/
Adjective
[edit]questuary (comparative more questuary, superlative most questuary)
- (archaic) Acquisitive; greedy.
- 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
- Although lapidaries and questuary enquirers affirm it, yet the writers of minerals, and natural speculators, conceive that stones which bear this name to be a mineral concretion.
Noun
[edit]questuary (plural questuaries)