inquiring

UK /ɪnˈkwaɪɹɪŋ/ US /ɪnˈkwaɪɹɪŋ/
noun 1adj 1

Definitions

noun

1

inquiry

What need you trouble with vain inquirings / The surly gods or your own ignorant spirit?

[…] these are the results of Herodotus' factual inquirings, the accurate information, the right account, which he acquired about some matters of importance to himself and to his audience and about which conflicting accounts have been given.

adj

1

inquisitive

When pressed for an explanation, he was inclined to use the word "Symbolic" in a manner extremely confusing to the inquiring lay mind.

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