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Webster 1913 Edition
Inscrutable
In-scru′ta-ble
,Adj.
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
To yield a reason for the will of Heaven
Which is
inscrutable
. Beau. & Fl.
Waiving a question so
inscrutable
as this. De Quincey.
Webster 1828 Edition
Inscrutable
INSCRU'TABLE
,Adj.
1.
Unsearchable; that cannot be searched into and understood by inquiry or study. The designs of the emperor appear to be inscrutable.2.
That cannot be penetrated, discovered or understood by human reason. The ways of Providence are often inscrutable. Mysteries are inscrutable.Definition 2024
inscrutable
inscrutable
English
Adjective
inscrutable (comparative more inscrutable, superlative most inscrutable)
- Difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom, or interpret.
- His inscrutable theories would years later become the foundation of a whole new science.
- 2007, Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan), 30 Rock:
- She called my vanity license plate inscrutable! 'ICU81MI'? Hilarious!
Synonyms
- (difficult to comprehend): ineffable
Translations
difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom or interpret
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Derived terms
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Noun
inscrutable (plural inscrutables)
- One who or that which is inscrutable; a person, etc. that cannot be comprehended.