perscrutation

noun /pəː.skɹuːˈteɪʃən/

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

   rare

   The first and universall reasons are of a hard perscrutation.

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry perscrutation (CC BY-SA 4.0).

← perscrutatepersiflage →

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