questuary

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin quaestuārius.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkwɛstjʊəɹi/, /ˈkwɛstʃʊəɹi/, /ˈkwɛstʃəɹi/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkwɛstjʊˌɛɹi/, /ˈkwɛst͡ʃʊˌɛɹi/

Adjective[edit]

questuary (comparative more questuary, superlative most questuary)

  1. (archaic) Acquisitive; greedy.
    • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
      Although lapidaries and questuary enquirers affirm it, yet the writers of minerals, and natural speculators, conceive that stones which bear this name to be a mineral concretion.

Noun[edit]

questuary (plural questuaries)

  1. (archaic) One employed to collect profits.
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