interrogation
Etymology

From Middle English interrogacion, from Old French interrogacion, from Latin interrogātiō, from interrogō, from inter- ("between; among") + rogō ("ask; request").

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ɪnˌteɹ.əˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
Noun

interrogation

  1. The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry.
    • 1936 April, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “[Unfinished Poems.] Coriolan. I. Triumphal March.”, in Collected Poems 1909–1935, London: Faber & Faber […], published September 1954, →OCLC ↗, page 136 ↗:
      There is no interrogation in his eyes / Or in the hands, quiet over the horse's neck, / And the eyes watchful, waiting, perceiving, indifferent.
  2. A question put; an inquiry.
  3. (dated) A question mark.
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