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[syn: cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
Waiving a question so inscrutable as this. --De
Quincey.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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