indagative

English

Etymology

From indagate +‎ -ive.

Adjective

indagative (comparative more indagative, superlative most indagative)

1. (obsolete) Searching; exploratory; investigative.
   • 1642, Jeremy Taylor, The Sacred Order and Offices of Episcopacy or Episcopacy Asserted against the Arians and Acephali New and Old:

     The church might not be ambitious or indagative of such employment

References

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