Erotematic

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Interrogatory, proceeding by means of questions.

    "Coordinate term: acroamatic"

Example

More examples

"[Questions] employment here does not mark a shift from the acroamatic (lecture-based) to the erotematic (interrogatory) method, for the answers are not known."

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin erōtēmaticus, from Koine Greek ἐρωτηματικός (erōtēmatikós, “interrogative; relating to questions”), from ἐρώτημα (erṓtēma, “question”) + -ικός (-ikós). Equivalent to obsolete erotema (“question”) + -tic.

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