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inscrutable
[ in-skroo-tuh-buhl ]
/ ÉȘnËskru tÉ bÉl /
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adjective
incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.
not easily understood; mysterious; unfathomable: an inscrutable smile.
incapable of being seen through physically; physically impenetrable: the inscrutable depths of the ocean.
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Origin of inscrutable
synonym study for inscrutable
1. See mysterious.
OTHER WORDS FROM inscrutable
in·scru·ta·bil·i·ty, in·scru·ta·ble·ness, nounin·scru·ta·bly, adverbWords nearby inscrutable
inscape, inscribe, inscription, inscriptive, inscroll, inscrutable, insculp, inseam, in search of, in season, in secret
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British Dictionary definitions for inscrutable
inscrutable
/ (ÉȘnËskruËtÉbÉl) /
adjective
incomprehensible; mysterious or enigmatic
Derived forms of inscrutable
inscrutability or inscrutableness, nouninscrutably, adverbWord Origin for inscrutable
C15: from Late Latin inscrĆ«tÄbilis, from Latin in- 1 + scrĆ«tÄrÄ« to examine
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