perscrutation
English
Etymology
From Latin perscrūtātiō, from the past participle stem of perscrūtor.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /pəːskɹuːˈteɪʃən/
Noun
perscrutation (plural perscrutations)
- (rare) A thorough searching; a minute inquiry or scrutiny.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Folio Society 2006, vol. 1 p. 103:
- The first and universall reasons are of a hard perscrutation.
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. 8, The Election
- Such guessing, visioning, dim perscrutation of the momentous future: the very clothmakers, old women, all townsfolk speak of it
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Folio Society 2006, vol. 1 p. 103:
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