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scrutiny

/skˈɹuːtəni/SKROO-tuh-nee
/skˈɹutəni/SKROO-tuh-nee

Meaninga searching

Common meaning: close examination

Journey through time

  1. Latinscrūtor, -ārī‘to search through’
  2. Englishscrutiny‘close examination’ · today

scrut also in: inscrutable

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin scrūtor ‘to search through’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry scrūtor, p. 1650 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

inscrutable

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