The Collaborative International Dictionary
Zetetic \Ze*tet"ic\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to seek: cf. F. z['e]t['e]tique.] Seeking; proceeding by inquiry.
Zetetic method (Math.), the method used for finding the
value of unknown quantities by direct search, in
investigation, or in the solution of problems. [R.]
--Hutton.
Zetetic \Ze*tet"ic\, n. A seeker; -- a name adopted by some of the Pyrrhonists.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"proceeding by inquiry," 1640s, from Modern Latin zeteticus, from Greek zetetikos "searching, inquiring," from zetetos, verbal adjective of zetein "seek for, inquire into." Related: Zetetical.\n
Wiktionary
a. (context rare English) Seeking; proceeding by inquiry. n. A skeptic.
Usage examples of "zetetic".
Stargazer Clan, part of the Fifth Fleet of the Zetetic Flench - but its real-time memories only began from the instant it had woken up here, a zillion klicks from anywhere, slap bang in the middle of nothing with the shit kicked out of it.
Stargazer Clan, part of the Fifth Fleet of the Zetetic Elench, had been investigating a little-explored part of the Upper Leaf Swirl on a standard random search pattern.
There was a hint - a probably false-signal resonation in the skein of space-time behind them - that there might be a craft following them, but then it was not unusual for other civilisations to follow ships of the Zetetic Elench.
Around the Excession itself, no sign whatsoever of the vanished Stargazer fleet of the Zetetic Elench.
There was a hint - a probably false-signal resonation in the skein of space-time behind them - that there might be a craft following them, but then it was not unusual for other civilisations to follow ships of the Zetetic Elench.