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scrutinize

English

Alternative forms

  • scrutinise (Commonwealth)

Etymology

From scrutiny +? -ize.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?sk?u?t?na?z/
  • (General American) enPR: skro?ot?n-?z, IPA(key): /?sk?utn??a?z/
  • Hyphenation: scru?ti?nize

Verb

scrutinize (third-person singular simple present scrutinizes, present participle scrutinizing, simple past and past participle scrutinized)

  1. (transitive) To examine something with great care or detail, as to look for hidden or obscure flaws.
    to scrutinize the conduct or motives of individuals
    • 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani
      whose votes they were obliged to scrutinize
    • 1879, George Washington Cable, Old Creole Days
      Those pronounced him youngest who scrutinized his face the closest.
  2. (transitive) To audit accounts etc in order to verify them.

Related terms

  • inscrutable
  • scrutineer
  • scrutiny

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scrutiny

English

Etymology

From Middle English scrutiny, from Medieval Latin scr?tinium (a search, an inquiry), from Vulgar Latin scr?tor (to search or examine thoroughly), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Late Latin scr?ta (rubbish, broken trash); or of Germanic origin, related to Old English scr?tnung (examination, investigation, inquiry, search), from scr?tnian, scr?dnian (to examine carefully, scrutinize, consider, investigate), from Proto-Germanic *skrud?n?, *skruþ?n? (to search, examine), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krewt- (to cut). Compare Old High German skrod?n, scrut?n, scrutil?n (to research, explore), Old High German scrod (a search, scrutiny), Old English scr?adian (to shred, cut up, cut off, peel, pare, prune). More at shred.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?sk?u?.t?.ni/
  • Hyphenation: scru?ti?ny

Noun

scrutiny (usually uncountable, plural scrutinies)

  1. Intense study of someone or something.
  2. Thorough inspection of a situation or a case.
  3. An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day.
  4. A ticket, or little paper billet, on which a vote is written.
  5. An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll.
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Translations

Verb

scrutiny (third-person singular simple present scrutinies, present participle scrutinying, simple past and past participle scrutinied)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To scrutinize.

Further reading

  • scrutiny in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • scrutiny in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • "Scrutiny" in the Catholic Encyclopedia
  • 1916, John R. Clark, "A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary for the Use of Students", scrûtnung
  • Bosworth, J. (2010, March 21). An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online (T. N. Toller & Others, Eds.). Scrutnung. Retrieved September 18, 2011, from http://bosworth.ff.cuni.cz/027060

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