emissitious

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/ɛmɪˈsɪʃəs/

adjective

Looking, or narrowly examining; prying, nosy or meticulous.

OriginLatin emissitius →
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Meanings

adjectiveemissitious (comparative more emissitious, superlative most emissitious)

comparative more emissitious · superlative most emissitious

  1. obsoleteLooking, or narrowly examining; prying, nosy or meticulous.

    Malicious Mass-Priest, cast back those emissitious eyes, to your own infamous Chair of Rome; and, if even in that thou canst discern no spectacles of abominable uncleanness, spend thy spiteful censures upon ours.

    1620, Joseph Hall, The Honour of the Married Clergy

Origin

  1. Latinemissitius
  2. Englishemissitious

From Latin emissitius, from emittere.

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APA

emissitious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emissitious

MLA

“emissitious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emissitious. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “emissitious,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emissitious.

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