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disquisition
[ dis-kwuh-zish-uhn ]
noun
- a formal discourse or treatise in which a subject is examined and discussed; dissertation.
disquisition
/ ˌdɪskwɪˈzɪʃən /
noun
- a formal written or oral examination of a subject
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Derived Forms
- ˌdisquiˈsitional, adjective
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Other Words From
- disqui·sition·al adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of disquisition1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of disquisition1
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Example Sentences
It is a lengthened disquisition, in seven thousand four hundred lines, upon the great phenomena of the outward world.
Her stiff, unhappy, unlistening silence broke up my disquisition.
"I have seen it several times before," replied Pratt, rather bored by this archological disquisition.
He pursued, with visible pleasure, that kind of disquisition which was naturally suggested by them.
I do not propose here to enter into a disquisition upon the functions of the human mind.
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