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Word: Disquisition
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 15th century: via French from Latin disquisitio(n-) ‘investigation’, based on quaerere ‘seek’. The original sense was ‘topic for investigation’, whence ‘discourse in which a subject is investigated’ (mid 17th century)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌdɪskwɪˈzɪʃn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a long or elaborate essay or discussion on a particular subject
Short Definition:long or elaborate essay or discussion on particular subject
Examples:- nothing can kill a radio show quicker than a disquisition on intertextual analysis
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