inquirance

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noun

Inquiry.

OriginMiddle English inquyraunce →
First used 15th–16th c.Scrabble 21
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Meanings

nouninquirance (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableInquiry.First known use 15th–16th c.

    […]the men which were ſent from Cornelius / had made inquyrance for Simons houſſe / and ſtode befor the dore.

    1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts x:[17], folio clxix, recto

Origin

  1. Middle Englishinquyraunce
  2. Englishinquirance

From Middle English inquyraunce, probably from Anglo-French.

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Anagrams

quinacrine
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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