Associations to the word «Inscrutable»

Wiktionary

INSCRUTABLE, adjective. Difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom, or interpret.
INSCRUTABLE, noun. One who or that which is inscrutable; a person, etc. that cannot be comprehended.

Dictionary definition

INSCRUTABLE, adjective. 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".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.