Inscrutable

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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