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单词 scrutinous
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scrutinousadj.

/ˈskruːtɪnəs/
Forms: Also 1500s scrutinus, 1600s scrutenous.
Etymology: < French †scrutineux (1512 in Godefroy), < scrutin scrutiny n.: see -ous suffix.
Now rare.
Closely examining; searching.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > [adjective]
curiousa1592
deep-searching1598
scrutinous1599
minutea1697
scrutinizing1782
dissective1860
vivisectivea1876
scrutinant1876
vivisecting1876
dissecting1891
scrutatory1893
the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adjective] > scrupulously careful or attentive to detail > characterized by scrupulous care > strict, careful, or detailed
narroweOE
searchinga1555
strict1598
scrutinous1599
press?1611
close1662
minutea1697
near-sighted1828
1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 21 How impetrable hee was in mollyfying the adamantinest tiranny of mankinde..those that be scrutinus to pry into, let them reuolue the Digests of our English discoueries.
1618 M. Baret Hipponomie Ded. to Prince of Wales sig. A4 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.
1745 E. Haywood Female Spectator No. 3 (1748) I. 159 They cannot be too scrutinous into the principles of the persons entrusted with the direction of them.
1825 J. M. Good Study Med. (ed. 2) V. 692 Dr. Gordon, after a scrutinous examination has added his testimony to the same fact.
1891 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 150 815/2 Don't let us be too searching and scrutinous.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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