Meanings
plural questionaries · alternative quæstionary
- A list of questions; a text comprising a set of questions.
In this questionary God is described as the life of ab Hywel Swrdwal, a poet who flourished about 1450, a good deal of insight is given into the Bardic philosophy of existence.
1928, Lewis Spence, Mysteries of Britain, page viii. 180 - archaicOne who makes it his business to seek after relics and carry them about for sale.
comparative more questionary · superlative most questionary · alternative quæstionary
- Inquiring; asking questions; testing.
August 17, 1736, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift […] And I grow Laconic even beyond Laconiciſme; for ſometimes I return only Yes, or No, to queſtionary or petitionary Epiſtles of half a yard long.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Frenchquestionnaire
- Englishquestionary
Either from French questionnaire or formed in English from question + -ary.
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