inscrutable

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The inscrutable is explained by things equally inscrutable, as the rising of sap in plants is explained by the attraction of a sponge for water, a fact contested by some.

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  1. adjective Difficult to fathom or understand; impenetrable. See Synonyms at mysterious.

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin īnscrūtābilis : in-, not; see in-1 + scrūtārī, to scrutinize; see scrutiny.

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  1. = French inscrutable = Spanish inscrutable = Portuguese inscrutavel = Italian iscrutabile, inscrutabile, from Late Latin inscrutabilis, inscrutable, from Latin in- privative + scrutabilis, scrutable: see scrutable.
 

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/ɪnˈskrutəbl/
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