questionary

• quæstionary (obsolete, rare)

Either from French questionnaire or formed in English from question +‎ -ary.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɛstʃən(ə)ɹi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɛst͡ʃənɛɹi/

questionary (plural questionaries)

1. A questionnaire.
2. A list of questions; a text comprising a set of questions.
   • 1928, Lewis Spence, Mysteries of Britain, page viii. 180:

     In this questionary God is described as the life of ab Hywel Swrdwal, a poet who flourished about 1450, a good deal of insight is given into the Bardic philosophy of existence.

3. (archaic) One who makes it his business to seek after relics and carry them about for sale.

• questionnaire

questionary (comparative more questionary, superlative most questionary)

1. Inquiring; asking questions; testing.
   • August 17, 1736, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift

     […] And I grow Laconic even beyond Laconiciſme; for ſometimes I return only Yes, or No, to queſtionary or petitionary Epiſtles of half a yard long.