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disquisition
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French disquisition (“disquisition”), from Latin disqu?s?ti? (“inquiry, investigation”), from disqu?r? (“to investigate”) (from dis- (prefix meaning ‘apart, asunder’) + quaer? (“to look for, seek; to inquire, question”)) + -ti? (suffix forming nouns relating to an action or the result of an action).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d?skw??z??(?)n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?d?skw??z???n/
- Rhymes: -???n
- Hyphenation: dis?qui?sit?ion
Noun
disquisition (plural disquisitions)
- A methodical inquiry or investigation.
- A lengthy, formal discourse that analyses or explains some topic; (loosely) a dissertation or treatise.
Derived terms
- disquisitional
- disquisitionary
Related terms
- disquisitive
- disquisitor
- disquisitorial
- disquisitory
Translations
References
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin disqu?s?ti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dis.ki.zi.sj??/
Noun
disquisition f (plural disquisitions)
- (formal) disquisition
References
- “disquisition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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memoir
English
Etymology
From French mémoire (“memoir”), from Latin memoria (“memory”). Doublet of memoria and memory.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m?m?w??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m?m?w??/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /?m?m????/
- Hyphenation: mem?oir
Noun
memoir (plural memoirs)
- An autobiography; a book describing the personal experiences of an author.
- A biography; a book describing the experiences of a subject from personal knowledge of the subject or from sources with personal knowledge of the subject.
- Any form of narrative describing the personal experiences of a writer.
Usage notes
A memoir may differ from a simple biography or autobiography by not focusing on the author as the primary subject matter, but on people and events in the subject's life. Emphasis is placed on personal observations about external events.
The plural memoirs is often used to refer to a single work.
Related terms
- memory
Translations
References
- “memoir” in Michael Agnes, editor-in-chief, Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th edition, Cleveland, Oh.: Wiley, 2010, ?ISBN; reproduced on the Collins English Dictionary
- “memoir” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “memoir”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
- “memoir”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “Memoir” in John Walker, A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] , London: Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robin?on, Paterno?ter Row; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1791, ?OCLC, page 341, column 2.
Further reading
- memoir on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- memoir in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- momier
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