Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-QUIS'I-TIVE-NESS
IN-QUIS'I-TIVE-LYIN-QUIS'I-TOR
IN-QUIS'I-TIVE-NESS, n.
The disposition to obtain information by questioning others, or by researches into facts, causes or principles; curiosity to learn what is not known. The works of nature furnish ample matter for the inquisitiveness of the human mind.
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