disquisition

[ dis-kwuh-zish-uhn ]

noun

1. a formal discourse or treatise in which a subject is examined and discussed; dissertation.

disquisition

/ ˌdɪskwɪˈzɪʃən /

noun

1. a formal written or oral examination of a subject

Derived Forms

• ˌdisquiˈsitional, adjective

Other Words From

• disqui·sition·al adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of disquisition¹

1595–1605; < Latin disquīsītiōn- (stem of disquīsītiō ), equivalent to disquīsīt ( us ) (past participle of disquīrere to investigate; dis- dis- ¹ + quaerere to seek, ask) + -iōn- -ion

Word History and Origins

Origin of disquisition¹

C17: from Latin disquīsītiō, from disquīrere to make an investigation, from dis- ¹+ quaerere to seek

Example Sentences

It is a lengthened disquisition, in seven thousand four hundred lines, upon the great phenomena of the outward world.

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Her stiff, unhappy, unlistening silence broke up my disquisition.

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"I have seen it several times before," replied Pratt, rather bored by this archological disquisition.

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He pursued, with visible pleasure, that kind of disquisition which was naturally suggested by them.

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I do not propose here to enter into a disquisition upon the functions of the human mind.

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