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Inscrutable

Inscrutable Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Inscrutable? [adj] of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutible 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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Inscrutable: cryptic \| cryptical \| deep \| incomprehensible \| inexplicable \| mysterious \| mystifying Related Terms \| Find terms related to Inscrutable: ambiguous \| arcane \| beyond understanding \| cabalistic \| Greek to one \| impenetrable \| inarticulate \| incognizable \| incoherent \| incomprehensible \| mystic \| numinous \| past comprehension \| rambling \| unaccountable \| unconnected \| unfathomable \| unguessed \| unintelligible \| unknowable \| unsearchable See Also \| Inscrutable In Webster's Dictionary \Inscru"table\, a. [L. inscrutabilis : cf. F. inscrutable. See {In-} not, and {Scrutiny}.] 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. 'T is not in man To yield a reason for the will of Heaven Which is inscrutable. --Beau. & Fl. Waiving a question so inscrutable as this. --De Quincey.

Inscrutable Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Inscrutable?

[adj] of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutible 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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Inscrutable In Webster's Dictionary

\In*scru"ta*ble\, a. [L. inscrutabilis : cf. F.
inscrutable. See {In-} not, and {Scrutiny}.]
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.

      'T is not in man To yield a reason for the will of
      Heaven Which is inscrutable.             --Beau. & Fl.

      Waiving a question so inscrutable as this. --De
                                               Quincey.

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