单词 | scrutinous |
释义 | scrutinousadj. 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). < adj.1599 |
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