Dictionary

inquisitorial en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ɪnˌkwɪzəˈtɔɹiəl/ (General-American)
• /ɪnˌkwɪzɪˈtɔːɹiəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree English inquisitory Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English inquisitorial From inquisitory + -ial.

Meanings

1. Of or pertaining to an inquisition, specifically the Inquisition.
   • To parody the inquisitorial rhetoric of another age, I am not now, nor have I ever been, a boy-lover. 1980 April 12, John Kyper, “Poisoned”, in Gay Community News, page 4:
2. In a manner of inquisition or inquisitors.
   • Those few who by some luck happen to escape the madness of social hypnotization are afraid to give expression to their thoughts, because they are terrorized by the inquisitorial intolerance of crazed mobs and frenzied nations. 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:
3. Describing a trial system in which the prosecutor also acts as judge.

Forms

Deriveds

inquisitorial system · inquisitorially · inquisitorialism · uninquisitorial · inquisitorialness

Relateds

inquisition · procurator · inquisitor · inquest

Translations (11)

fi inkvisitorinen (describing a trial system in which the prosecutor also acts as judge) · gv ard-eyshtagh (Of or pertaining to an inquisition) · ca inquisitorial (Of or pertaining to an inquisition) · cmn 職權主義 /职权主义 (describing a trial system in which the prosecutor also acts as judge) · cmn 糾問制 /纠问制 (describing a trial system in which the prosecutor also acts as judge) · sv inkvisitorisk (describing a trial system in which the prosecutor also acts as judge) · es inquisitorial (Of or pertaining to an inquisition) · pt inquisitivo (Of or pertaining to an inquisition) · fr inquisitorial (Of or pertaining to an inquisition) · sv inkvisitorisk (Of or pertaining to an inquisition) · ro inchizitorial (Of or pertaining to an inquisition)