Inscrutable \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.
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'T is not in man
To yield a reason for the will of Heaven
Which is inscrutable. --Beau. & Fl.
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Waiving a question so inscrutable as this. --De
Quincey.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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" [syn: cryptic, cryptical,
deep, mysterious, mystifying]
WordNet (r) 2.0
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "inscrutable":
Greek to one, ambiguous, arcane, beyond understanding, cabalistic,
impenetrable, inarticulate, incognizable, incoherent,
incomprehensible, mystic, numinous, past comprehension, rambling,
unaccountable, unconnected, unfathomable, unguessed,
unintelligible, unknowable, unsearchable
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
cryptic, cryptical, deep, mysterious, mystifying
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