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inscrutable

insc·ru·table

UK/ˌɪnˈskɹuːtəbl̩/ US/ˌɪˈnskrutʌbʌl/ rare

adjective

1.

of an obscure nature

  • “the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms”
  • “a deep dark secret”
  • “the inscrutable workings of Providence”
  • “in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life” Rachel Carson
  • “rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands”
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Origin

Borrowed into late Middle English from Late Latin īnscrūtābilis, from in- (“not”) + scrūtō (“to examine”), corresponding to in- + scrutable

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