inscrutable

Etymology

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

adj

  1. Difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom, or interpret.
    His inscrutable theories would years later become the foundation of a whole new science.
    She called my vanity license plate inscrutable! 'ICU81MI'? Hilarious! 11 October 2007, Robert Carlock, “Jack Gets in the Game”, in 30 Rock, season 2, episode 2, spoken by Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan)

noun

  1. One who or that which is inscrutable; a person, etc. that cannot be comprehended.

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