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inscrutability

[in-skroo-tuh-buhl]

in·scru·ta·ble

[in-skroo-tuh-buhl]
adjective
1.
incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.
2.
not easily understood; mysterious; unfathomable: an inscrutable smile.
3.
incapable of being seen through physically; physically impenetrable: the inscrutable depths of the ocean.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Late Latin inscrūtābilis. See in-3, scrutable

in·scru·ta·bil·i·ty, in·scru·ta·ble·ness, noun
in·scru·ta·bly, adverb


1. hidden, incomprehensible, undiscoverable, inexplicable. See mysterious.


1. comprehensible.

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inscrutable (ɪnˈskruːtəbəl)
 
adj
incomprehensible; mysterious or enigmatic
 
[C15: from Late Latin inscrūtābilis, from Latin in-1 + scrūtārī to examine]
 
inscruta'bility
 
n
 
in'scrutableness
 
n
 
in'scrutably
 
adv

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