Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-SCRU'TA-BLE
IN-SCRU'TA-BLE, a. [Fr. from L. inscrutabilis; in and scrutor, to search.]
- Unsearchable; that can not be searched into and understood by inquiry or study. The designs of the emperor appear to be inscrutable.
- That can not be penetrated, discovered or understood by human reason. The ways of Providence are often inscrutable, table. Mysteries are inscrutable.
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