Definition of Disquisition

1. Noun. An elaborate analytical or explanatory essay or discussion.

Generic synonyms: Essay

Definition of Disquisition

1. n. A formal or systematic inquiry into, or discussion of, any subject; a full examination or investigation of a matter, with the arguments and facts bearing upon it; elaborate essay; dissertation.

Definition of Disquisition

1. Noun. A lengthy, formal discourse that analyses or explains some topic; a dissertation or treatise. ¹

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Definition of Disquisition

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Disquisition

disquiet
disquieted
disquieter
disquieters
disquietful
disquieting
disquietingly
disquietive
disquietly
disquietment
disquietness
disquietous
disquiets
disquietude
disquietudes
disquisition (current term)
disquisitional
disquisitionary
disquisitions
disquisitive
disquisitor
disquisitorial
disquisitors
disquisitory
disquotation
disquotational
disrange
disranged
disranges
disranging

Literary usage of Disquisition

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Aids to English Composition: Prepared for Students of All Grades : Embracing by Richard Green Parker (1854)
"disquisition. A disquisition is a formal or systematic inquiry into any subject by ... tA disquisition differs from a dissertation in its form and extent. ..."

2. Works by William Harvey (1847)
"Of the uses of this disquisition on fecundity. Tliis disquisition on the inherent qualities of the egg and the cause of its fecundity, is alike in point of ..."

3. Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, Illustrating the Arms, Arts, and Literature by James Dennistoun (1851)
"una disputa dela pictura," being a critical disquisition on the more important qualities of painting, and a list of its most successful followers in his ..."

4. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"OF THE GOVERNMENT OF POLAND From 'A disquisition on Government ' IT is then a great error to suppose that the government of the concurrent majority is ..."

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