different between inquisitor vs inquest

English

Alternative forms

• inquisitour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French inquisiteur, from Latin inqu?s?tor.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?kw?z?t??/

Noun

inquisitor (plural inquisitors)

1. A person who inquires, especially searchingly or ruthlessly.
2. (historical) An official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition.

Derived terms

• Grand Inquisitor

Translations

Further reading

• inquisitor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

Agent noun of inqu?r? (“inquire, investigate”) (past participle inqu?s?tus) + +? -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /in.k?i??si?.tor/, [??k?i??s?i?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.kwi?si.tor/, [i?kwi?s?i?t??r]

Noun

inqu?s?tor m (genitive inqu?s?t?ris); third declension

1. searcher
2. inquisitor, tracker, detective, spy
3. examiner, investigator

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• inquisitor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• inquisitor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• inquisitor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) enquest

Etymology

From Middle English enquest, from Old French enqueste (Modern French enquête), from Vulgar Latin inquirere, or from Medieval Latin inquesta < in + Latin quaesita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???kw?st/

Noun

inquest (plural inquests)

1. A formal investigation, often held before a jury, especially one into the cause of a death
2. An inquiry, typically into an undesired outcome
3. The jury hearing such an inquiry, and the result of the inquiry
4. (rare, obsolete) enquiry; quest; search

   • the laborious and vexatious inquest that the soul must make after science

Synonyms

• inquisition

Related terms

• inquisitor
• inquisition

Translations

Anagrams

• questin