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inscrutable
(mass) | inscrutable
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inscrutable
(encz) | inscrutable,neproniknutelný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
inscrutable
(encz) | inscrutable,tajemný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Inscrutable
(gcide) | 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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inscrutable
(wn) | inscrutable
adj 1: of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is
written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep
dark secret"; "the inscrutable 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, inscrutable, mysterious,
mystifying] |
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inscrutableness
(encz) | inscrutableness, |
Inscrutable
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]
'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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Inscrutableness
(gcide) | Inscrutableness \In*scru"ta*ble*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being inscrutable; inscrutability.
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