emissitious

English

Etymology

From Latin emissitius, from emittere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛmɪˈsɪʃəs/

Adjective

emissitious (comparative more emissitious, superlative most emissitious)

1. (obsolete) Looking, or narrowly examining; prying, nosy or meticulous.
   • 1620, Joseph Hall, The Honour of the Married Clergy:

     Malicious Mass-Priest, cast back those emissitious eyes, to your own infamous Chair of Rome; and, if even in that thou canst discern no spectacles of abominable uncleanness, spend thy spiteful censures upon ours.

References

• “emissitious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.