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Webster 1913 Edition


Inscrutable

In-scru′ta-ble

,
Adj.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Inscrutable

INSCRU'TABLE

,
Adj.
[L. inscrutabilis; in and scrutor, to search.]
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.