Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scrute

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scrute
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To examine (something) carefully; to scrutinize.

Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Hazard scruted the Angels with hooded eyes; the low drone of their murmured ritual chanting of "Make my day" was getting on his nerves. He turned and gloomed down at the table again."
"And folks call the Chinese inscrutable. When my elder brother's got his mind fixed on a mystery, there's just no scruting the man."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scrūtor, scrūtārī (“to search carefully; to seek for”). Now often reanalyzed from inscrutable.

Usage

Inflected Forms

scrutes (present, singular) scruting (participle, present) scruted (participle, past) scruted (past)

Frequently Paired Words

scrutator scrutinate scrutinize

Questions

What does scrute mean?: To examine (something) carefully; to scrutinize.
Where does scrute come from?: Borrowed from Latin scrūtor, scrūtārī (“to search carefully; to seek for”). Now often reanalyzed from inscrutable.

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