"inscrutable" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌɪnˈskɹuːtəbl̩/ Audio: en-au-inscrutable.ogg Forms: more inscrutable [comparative], most inscrutable [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed into late Middle English from Late Latin īnscrūtābilis, from in- (“not”) + scrūtō (“to examine”), corresponding to in- + scrutable Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|LL.|īnscrūtābilis}} Late Latin īnscrūtābilis, {{prefix|en|in|scrutable}} in- + scrutable Head templates: {{en-adj}} inscrutable (comparative more inscrutable, superlative most inscrutable)
  1. Difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom, or interpret. Synonyms: ineffable, incomprehensible Derived forms: inscrutability, inscrutableness, inscrutably Related terms: inexplorable Translations (difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom or interpret): غامِض (ḡāmiḍ) (Arabic), غَلِق (ḡaliq) (Arabic), مُبْهَم (mubham) (Arabic), مُسْتَغْلِق (mustaḡliq) (Arabic), неразгадаем (nerazgadaem) (Bulgarian), inescrutable (Catalan), insondable (Catalan), 不可理解的 (bùkě lǐjiě de) (Chinese Mandarin), uransagelig (Danish), uudgrundelig (Danish), gådefuld (Danish), ubegribelig (Danish), ufattelig (Danish), uforståelig (Danish), ondoorgrondelijk (Dutch), käsittämätön (Finnish), impénétrable (French), incompréhensible (French), insondable (French), inescrutábel [feminine, masculine] (Galician), undurchschaubar (German), ακατανόητος (akatanóitos) (Greek), दुरधिगम (durdhigam) (Hindi), दुर्ज्ञेय (durjñey) (Hindi), दुर्बोध (durbodh) (Hindi), गूढ़ (gūṛh) (Hindi), दुरत्यय (duratyay) (Hindi), impenetrabile (Italian), incomprensibile (Italian), insondabile (Italian), perplexus (Latin), neuronsoilagh (Manx), uutgrunnelig (Norwegian Bokmål), inescrutável (Portuguese), inscrutabil (Romanian), neexaminabil (Romanian), necercetabil (Romanian), neanchetabil (Romanian), de necercetat (Romanian), зага́дочный (zagádočnyj) (Russian), непостижимый (nepostižimyj) (Russian), необъяснимый (neobʺjasnimyj) (Russian), непоня́тный (neponjátnyj) (Russian), неисповеди́мый (neispovedímyj) (Russian), inescrutable (Spanish), impenetrable (Spanish), incomprensible (Spanish), insondable (Spanish), outgrundlig (Swedish), anlaşılmaz (Turkish), esrarlı (Turkish), gizemli (Turkish), esrârengiz (Turkish)
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Noun

IPA: /ˌɪnˈskɹuːtəbl̩/ Audio: en-au-inscrutable.ogg Forms: inscrutables [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed into late Middle English from Late Latin īnscrūtābilis, from in- (“not”) + scrūtō (“to examine”), corresponding to in- + scrutable Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|LL.|īnscrūtābilis}} Late Latin īnscrūtābilis, {{prefix|en|in|scrutable}} in- + scrutable Head templates: {{en-noun}} inscrutable (plural inscrutables)
  1. One who or that which is inscrutable; a person, etc. that cannot be comprehended.
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Alternative forms

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