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Definitions for inscrutable
ɪnˈskru tə bəlin·scrutable
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Princeton's WordNet
cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifyingadjective
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"
Wiktionary
inscrutablenoun
One who or that which is inscrutable; a person, etc. that cannot be comprehended.
inscrutableadjective
Difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom or interpret.
His inscrutable theories would years later become the foundation of a whole new science.
Etymology: From the inscrutabilis, from in- + scrutare, corresponding to
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Inscrutableadjective
Unsearchable; not to be traced out by inquiry or study.
Etymology: inscrutabilis, Lat. inscrutable, Fr.
A jest unseen, inscrutable, invisible,
As a weather-cock on a steeple. William Shakespeare, Two Gent. of Verona.This king had a large heart, inscrutable for good, and was wholly bent to make his kingdom and people happy. Francis Bacon.
O how inscrutable! his equity
Twins with his power. George Sandys.Hereunto they have recourse as unto the oracle of life, the great determinator of virginity, conception, fertility, and the inscrutable infirmities of the whole body. Thomas Browne, Vulg. Erro.
We should contemplate reverently the works of nature and grace, the inscrutable ways of providence, and all the wonderful methods of God's dealing with men. Francis Atterbury.
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inscrutable
Inscrutable refers to something or someone that is impossible to understand or interpret, often due to being mysterious or ambiguous.
Webster Dictionary
Inscrutableadjective
unsearchable; incapable of being searched into and understood by inquiry or study; impossible or difficult to be explained or accounted for satisfactorily; obscure; incomprehensible; as, an inscrutable design or event
Etymology: [L. inscrutabilis : cf. F. inscrutable. See In- not, and Scrutiny.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Inscrutable
in-skrōōt′a-bl, adj. that cannot be scrutinised or searched into and understood: inexplicable.—ns. Inscrutabil′ity, Inscrut′ableness.—adv. Inscrut′ably. [L. inscrutabilis—in, not, scrutāri, to search into.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of inscrutable in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of inscrutable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of inscrutable in a Sentence
America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese.
But the body is deeper than the soul and its secrets inscrutable.
Immanuel Kant, Critique of Practical Reason:
The inscrutable wisdom through which we exist is not less worthy of veneration in respect to what it denies us than in respect to what it has granted.
The quiet and solitary man apprehends the inscrutable. He seeks nothing, holds to the mean, and remains free from entanglements.
With Rod, if you scratch the surface, then you get more surface. But that's him. He is inscrutable publicly. Professionally, he is devastatingly effective. He is methodical. He is thorough.
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- غَلِق, مُبْهَم, مُسْتَغْلِق, غامِضArabic
- insondable, inescrutableCatalan, Valencian
- undurchschaubarGerman
- ακατανόητοςGreek
- enskribeblaEsperanto
- insondable, incomprensible, impenetrable, inescrutableSpanish
- مرموزPersian
- käsittämätönFinnish
- impénétrable, incompréhensible, insondableFrench
- neuronsoilaghManx
- impenetrabile, insondabile, incomprensibileItalian
- בלתי ניתן לחיקויHebrew
- ondoorgrondelijkDutch
- tajemniczyPolish
- inescrutávelPortuguese
- necercetabil, inscrutabil, neanchetabil, de necercetat, neexaminabilRomanian
- непостижимый, непонятный, загадочный, необъяснимыйRussian
- outgrundligSwedish
- gizemli, esrarlı, anlaşılmaz, esrârengizTurkish
- 不可思议的Chinese
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