inscrutable.
Difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom, or interpret.
Meaning & usage
Difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom, or interpret.
His inscrutable theories would years later become the foundation of a whole new science.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed into late Middle English from Late Latin īnscrūtābilis, from in- (“not”) + scrūtō (“to examine”), corresponding to in- + scrutable
One who or that which is inscrutable; a person, etc. that cannot be comprehended.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed into late Middle English from Late Latin īnscrūtābilis, from in- (“not”) + scrūtō (“to examine”), corresponding to in- + scrutable
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