inquirable

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adjective

Capable of being inquired into; subject or liable to inquisition or inquest.

OriginMiddle English enquirable →
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Meanings

adjectiveinquirable (comparative more inquirable, superlative most inquirable)

comparative more inquirable · superlative most inquirable · alternative enquirable

  1. Capable of being inquired into; subject or liable to inquisition or inquest.

    c. 1613–1621, Francis Bacon, The judicial charge upon the commission of Oyer and Terminer held for the verge of the Court There be many more things inquirable by you throughout all the former parts , which it were overlong in particular to recite

Origin

  1. Middle Englishenquirable
  2. Englishinquirable

From Middle English enquirable, equivalent to inquire + -able.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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