inscrutable
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inscrutable
- /ˌɪnˈskɹuːtəbl̩/
Where it comes from
Borrowed into late Middle English from Late Latin īnscrūtābilis, from in- (“not”) + scrūtō (“to examine”), corresponding to in- + scrutable
adjective more inscrutable · most inscrutable
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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, enigmatic, fathomless, bottomless, Greek, inapprehensible, incognizable, incomprehensible, ineffable, inenubilable
noun inscrutables
- One who or that which is inscrutable; a person, etc. that cannot be comprehended.
Translations
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adj difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom or interpret
| Español | inescrutable, impenetrable, incomprensible, insondable, inscrutable |
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| 中文 | 不可理解的 bùkě lǐjiě de |
| हिन्दी | दुरधिगम durdhigam, दुर्ज्ञेय durjñey, दुर्बोध durbodh, गूढ़ gūṛh, दुरत्यय duratyay |
| Português | inescrutável |
| Français | impénétrable, incompréhensible, insondable |
| Deutsch | undurchschaubar |
| Italiano | impenetrabile, incomprensibile, insondabile |
| Ελληνικά | ακατανόητος akatanóitos |
| Română | inscrutabil, neexaminabil, necercetabil, neanchetabil, de necercetat |
| Русский | зага́дочный zagádočnyj, непостижи́мый nepostižímyj, необъясни́мый neobʺjasnímyj, непоня́тный neponjátnyj, неисповеди́мый neispovedímyj |
| العربية | غامِض ḡāmiḍ, غَلِق ḡaliq, مُبْهَم mubham, مُسْتَغْلِق mustaḡliq |
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title = {inscrutable},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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