Searchful
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Characterized by searching; active in searching; inquisitive. archaic
"Each Genius, Youth conceals, or Time diſplays, / I know; each Work, ſome Seraph here conveys, / Retirement thus preſents my ſearchful Thought, What Heav’n inſpir’d, and what the Muſe has taught; […]"
Example
More examples"Each Genius, Youth conceals, or Time diſplays, / I know; each Work, ſome Seraph here conveys, / Retirement thus preſents my ſearchful Thought, What Heav’n inſpir’d, and what the Muſe has taught; […]"
Etymology
From search + -ful.
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