perscrutation

/pɚ.skɹuːˈteɪʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

"The first and universall reasons are of a hard perscrutation."
"Such guessing, visioning, dim perscrutation of the momentous future: the very clothmakers, old women, all townsfolk speak of it"

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

perscrutations (plural)

perscrutate

Questions

How do you pronounce perscrutation?

The recorded pronunciation is /pɚ.skɹuːˈteɪʃən/.

What does perscrutation mean?

A thorough searching; a minute inquiry or scrutiny.

Where does perscrutation come from?

It is traced to Latin.

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