Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Looking or narrowly examining; prying.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Looking, or narrowly examining; prying.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete Looking, or narrowly examining;
prying .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Latin emissitius, from emittere.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word emissitious.
Examples
-
There were no more signals then, but they could not banish the feeling that emissitious Mexicans were watching them from the shadows.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.