Perscrutation

//pɚ.skɹuːˈteɪʃən// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A thorough searching; a minute inquiry or scrutiny. rare

    "The first and universall reasons are of a hard perscrutation."

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detectionhearinginquiryinvestigationlegworkprobe

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"The first and universall reasons are of a hard perscrutation."

Etymology

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

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