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scrutinous, a. Now rare.|ˈskruːtɪnəs|
Also 6 scrutinus, 7 scrutenous.
[ad. F. † scrutineux (1512 in Godefr.), f. scrutin scrutiny: see -ous.]
Closely examining; searching.
1599Nashe Lenten Stuffe 21 How impetrable hee was in mollyfying the adamantinest tiranny of mankinde..those that be scrutinus to pry into, let them [etc.]. 1618M. Baret Vineyard Horsem. i. Ded. to King 9 Although my Artlesse pen hath not made it so delightfull as to reuiue the dead senses of all scrutenous braines, which no Tullies Eloquence as yet could euer perswade. 1745Eliza Heywood Female Spect. No. 3 (1748) I. 159 They cannot be too scrutinous into the principles of the persons entrusted with the direction of them. 1822–29Good's Study Med. (ed. 3) V. 695 Dr. Gordon, after a scrutinous examination, has added his testimony to the same fact. 1891Blackw. Mag. CL. 815/2 Don't let us be too searching and scrutinous. |