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Word of the Day – Quaestuary

By May 6, 2018Word of the Day

Quaestuary (adj) (archaic)

kwee-stoo-ree

Concerned with profit; moneymaking.

Late 16th century: from Latin quaestuarius, from quaestus ‘gain’.

Example sentences

“The quaestuary class have the media in their pockets.”

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