indagative

English

Etymology

indagate +‎ -ive

Adjective

indagative (comparative more indagative, superlative most indagative)

(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.

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