I. |intə|rägəd.iv, -ətiv adjective
Etymology: Late Latin interrogativus, from Latin interrogatus + -ivus -ive
1. : having the form or the force of a question
interrogative sentence
: used in a question
interrogative pronoun
: requiring or seeming to require an answer from the hearer or reader
interrogative inflection in his voice
2. : questioning , inquisitive
had an interrogative nose
• in·ter·rog·a·tive·ly -ə̇vlē, -li adverb
II. noun
( -s )
1. : an interrogative utterance : question
2. : a word (as who, what, which ) or a particle (as Latin -ne ) used in asking questions