What does expiscatory mean?
Expiscatory means (archaic) Tending to fish out (information); searching, or fact-finding.
Expiscatory
Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Meaning
(archaic) Tending to fish out (information); searching, or fact-finding.
Example Sentences
Now, by innumerable confrontations and expiscatory questions, through entanglements, doublings and windings that fatigue eye and soul, this most involute of Lies is finally winded off […]
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Now, by innumerable confrontations and expiscatory questions, through entanglements, doublings and windings that fatigue eye and soul, this most involute of Lies is finally winded off […]
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