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Inscrutable

//ˌɪnˈskɹuːtəbl̩//

Definitions

1
Difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom, or interpret.
His inscrutable theories would years later become the foundation of a whole new science.
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1
One who or that which is inscrutable; a person, etc. that cannot be comprehended.

Word Origin

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

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//ˌɪnˈskɹuːtəbl̩//

1
Difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom, or interpret.
His inscrutable theories would years later become the foundation of a whole new science.
Similar
abstruse Chinese dense

1
One who or that which is inscrutable; a person, etc. that cannot be comprehended.

Word Origin

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

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