scrutable, a.
(ˈskruːtəb(ə)l)
[As if ad. L. *scrūtābilis, f. scrūtārī: see scrutator. Cf. It. scrutabile.]
That can be understood by scrutiny. Chiefly in implied contrast with inscrutable.
| c 1600 Distr. Emperor i. i. in Bullen Old Pl. (1884) III. 176 If the thoughts of men were scrutable To man and mongst men. 1718 Hickes & Nelson J. Kettlewell ii. xlviii. 153 Magnifying the Providence of God, which is by Mortals Scrutable. 1856 Mrs. Browning Aur. Leigh iv. 320 Cognisant Of the less scrutable majesties. 1878 Life G. Combe I. ii. 23 Nobody conceived the cause of these phenomena to be scrutable. |