percontation/ˌpɜːkɒnˈteɪʃn̩/EtymologyLearned borrowing from Latin percontatiō (“inquiry, questioning”), from percontor (“to interrogate, investigate”) + -tiō.nounan enquiry“Percontation. An enquiry.”A question which cannot properly be given a one-word answer like “yes” or “no”.“Percontation is a thing for which we cannot anſwer ſignificantly, as in Interrogation, yes: but as thus, he dwelleth in ſuch a place.”