different between inquisition vs disquisition

English

Etymology

From Old French inquisicion, from Latin inquisitio, from inquirere

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???kw??z???n/
• Rhymes: -???n
• Hyphenation: in?qui?si?tion

Noun

inquisition (countable and uncountable, plural inquisitions)

1. an investigation or inquiry into the truth of some matter
   • 1552, Hugh Latimer, the first sermon upon the Lord's Prayer

     as I could learn through earnest inquisition
2. an inquest
3. a questioning
4. The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry.

   • The justices in eyre had it formerly in charge to make inquisition concerning them by a jury of the county.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Bouvier to this entry?)

Derived terms

• inquisition post mortem

Translations

Verb

inquisition (third-person singular simple present inquisitions, present participle inquisitioning, simple past and past participle inquisitioned)

1. (obsolete) To make inquisition concerning; to inquire into.

   • And in their name I shall for neither friend nor foe conceal what the general murmur is ; that if it come to inquisitioning again

French

Etymology

From Old French inquisicion, from Latin inquisitio

Pronunciation

Noun

inquisition f (plural inquisitions)

1. inquisition

References

“inquisition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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)

1. A methodical inquiry or investigation.
2. 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)

1. (formal) disquisition

References

• “disquisition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).