Definitions
search and discover through persistent investigation
Word origin
From Middle English furet, ferret, from Old French furet, from Vulgar Latin *furittum (“weasel, ferret”), diminutive of Latin fūr (“thief”).
Used in a sentence
“The most challenging documentary discoveries were made by a tenacious archival ferret, Dr Antonio Bertoletti. In 1879 he published his findings in a slim, refreshingly dry volume, Francesco Cenci e la sua Famiglia.”
“Master Fer! I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him.”
“He had been piqued by the failure of all his endeavors to ferret out the assassins.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Persistent searcher”6 letters
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