inquiration

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪŋkwɪˈɹeɪʃən/

Noun

inquiration (countable and uncountable, plural inquirations)

1. (UK, dialect) inquiry
   • 1919, Israel Zangwill, Jinny the Carrier: A Folk-comedy of Rural England:

     "It's all right," Joey startled him by announcing, toppling his tower of parcels into the cart. "Oi've made inquirations. The old Flynt chap be aloive and kickin'."

   • 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, chapter 51, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC:

     […] she found (as she believed) a friend; a decent woman as spoke to her about the needle-work as she had been brought up to do, about finding plenty of it fur her, about a lodging fur the night, and making secret inquiration […]