Perscrutation

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /pəːskɹuːˈteɪʃən/

Origin

From Latin perscrūtātiō, from the past participle stem of perscrūtor.

Full definition of perscrutation

Noun

1. (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, , , book 2, ch. 8, The ElectonSuch guessing, visioning, dim perscrutation of the momentous future: the very clothmakers, old women, all townsfolk speak of it