US /ˌɪnˈskɹuːtəbl̩/
adj noun Freq #38370

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Impossible to understand or read; mysterious.

    He gave an inscrutable smile, and no one could tell what he was thinking.

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Synonyms
1 adj · impossible to understand or... enigmaticimpenetrableincomprehensible
Word family
Forms inscrutably

Etymology

Borrowed into late Middle English from Late Latin īnscrūtābilis, from in- (“not”) + scrūtō (“to examine”), corresponding to in- + scrutable

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