inscrutable
/ˌɪnskˈɹuːtəbəl/in-SKROO-tuh-buhl
/ˌɪnskˈɹutəbəl/in-SKROO-tuh-buhl
Meaningunable to be searched
Common meaning: impossible to read or understand
- inin, into; (before adjectives) not
- scrutto search throughLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1650 · scan
- ableable to be
‘in, into’ + ‘to search through’ → inscrutable
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin scrūtor ‘to search through’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry scrūtor, p. 1650 · dictionary scan
Roots
- scrūtor, -ārī Latin “to search through”
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