in|scru´ta|ble|ness

in|scru´ta|ble|ness
in|scru|ta|ble «ihn SKROO tuh buhl», adjective.
that cannot be understood; so mysterious or obscure that one cannot make out its meaning; incomprehensible: »

... he faced the firing squad; erect and motionless, proud and disdainful…inscrutable to the last (James Thurber). The historian undertook to make us intimately acquainted with a man singularly dark and inscrutable (Macaulay). A locust sang once or twice in some inscrutable seclusion of the tree (Hawthorne).

SYNONYM(S): unfathomable, impenetrable, unintelligible. See syn. under mysterious. (Cf.mysterious)
[< Late Latin īnscrūtābilis < Latin in- not + scrūtārī examine, search thoroughly < scrūtā, plural, trash < Greek grútē frippery, small wares]
in|scru´ta|ble|ness, noun.
in|scru´ta|bly, adverb.

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  • in|scru|ta|ble — «ihn SKROO tuh buhl», adjective. that cannot be understood; so mysterious or obscure that one cannot make out its meaning; incomprehensible: »... he faced the firing squad; erect and motionless, proud and disdainful…inscrutable to the last (James …   Useful english dictionary

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  • scru — in·scru·ta·ble; in·scru·ta·ble·ness; in·scru·ta·bly; per·scru·ta·tion; scru·pler; scru·pu·list; scru·pu·los·i·ty; scru·pu·lous; scru·pu·lous·ly; scru·pu·lous·ness; scru·ta·ble; scru·ta·tor; scru·ti·neer; scru·ti·nize; scru·ti·niz·er;… …   English syllables

  • ness — ness·ber·ry; ness·ler·iza·tion; ness·ler·ize; ness·ler s; new·fan·gled·ness; new·ness; news·i·ness; nice·ness; nig·gard·li·ness; nig·gard·ness; nigh·ness; nip·pi·ness; no·ble·ness; nois·i·ness; non·cha·lant·ness; north·er·li·ness; north·ness;… …   English syllables

  • in|scru´ta|bly — in|scru|ta|ble «ihn SKROO tuh buhl», adjective. that cannot be understood; so mysterious or obscure that one cannot make out its meaning; incomprehensible: »... he faced the firing squad; erect and motionless, proud and disdainful…inscrutable to… …   Useful english dictionary

  • inscrutableness — in·scru·ta·ble·ness …   English syllables

  • ta — ab·lac·ta·tion; ab·sen·ta·tion; abu·ta; ac·cep·ta·tion; ac·cli·ma·ta·tion; ac·cred·i·ta·tion; ac·er·a·ta; ac·e·ta·tion; ac·e·ta·to ; ach·e·ta; achor·da·ta; acoe·lo·ma·ta; acra·ni·a·ta; ac·ro·tre·ta; ac·ta; ac·ti·no·my·ce·ta·ce·ae;… …   English syllables

  • in — in·earth; in·ebri·a·tion; in·ebri·ety; in·ebri·ous; in·edible; in·ed·i·ta; in·edited; in·educabilia; in·educability; in·educable; in·education; in·ef·fa·bil·i·ty; in·ef·face·abil·i·ty; in·effaceable; in·effectuality; in·efficacious;… …   English syllables

  • inscrutable — in•scru•ta•ble [[t]ɪnˈskru tə bəl[/t]] adj. 1) incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized 2) mysterious; unfathomable: an inscrutable smile[/ex] • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME < LL inscrūtābilis= L in in +scrūtā(ri) to examine,… …   From formal English to slang

  • Imperscrutable — Im per*scru ta*ble, a. [L. imperscrutabilis.] Not capable of being searched out; inscrutable. [Obs.] {Im per*scru ta*ble*ness}, n. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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