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   inquisitive

   /ɪnˈkwɪzɪtɪv/

   adjective

   • 1. having or showing an interest in learning things; curious: "his poems reveal an intensely inquisitive mind"
   • ▪ unduly curious about the affairs of others; prying: "I didn't like to seem inquisitive"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French inquisitif, -ive, from late Latin inquisitivus, from the verb inquirere (see inquire).

   Derivatives

   • 1. inquisitively adverb
   • 2. inquisitiveness noun

   Scrabble Points: 23

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