scrutiny

English

Alternative forms

• scrutny

Etymology

From Middle English scrutiny, from Medieval Latin scrūtinium (“a search, an inquiry”), from Vulgar Latin scrūtārī (“to search or examine thoroughly”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Late Latin scrūta (“rubbish, broken trash”); or of Germanic origin, related to Old English scrūtnung (“examination, investigation, inquiry, search”), from Old English scrūtnian, scrūdnian (“to examine carefully, scrutinize, consider, investigate”), from Proto-Germanic *skrudōną, *skruþōną (“to search, examine”), from Proto-Germanic *skrud-, *skruþ- (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreut- (“to cut”). Compare Old High German skrodōn, scrutōn, scrutilōn (“to research, explore”), Old High German scrod (“a search, scrutiny”), Gothic  (andhruskan, “to investigate, explore”), Old English scrēadian (“to shred, cut up, cut off, peel, pare, prune”). More at shred.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈskɹuː.tɪ.niː/, X-SAMPA: /"skru:.tI.ni:/
• Hyphenation: scru‧ti‧ny

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Noun

scrutiny (plural scrutinies)

1. Intense study of someone or something.
2. Thorough inspection of a situation or a case.

Synonyms

• examination
• exploration
• going-over (informal)
• inquiry
• inspection
• investigation
• perusal
• probe
• scan
• survey
• study

Translations

intense study

• Dutch: nauwkeurig onderzoek, kritisch onderzoek
• Esperanto: studego (eo)
• Finnish: tarkastelu (fi), tarkastus (fi)
• Greek: εξονυχιστική έρευνα (el) (exonychistikí érevna) f
• Hungarian: tanulmányozás (hu)
• Norwegian: finlesing (no)

  Bokmål: nøye undersøkelse (nb)

• Russian: тщательное (ru) (tščatelʹnoje) исследование (ru) (issledovanije) n
• Spanish: escrutinio (es) m
• Telugu: పరిశీలన (te) (pariSeelana)
• Turkish: yoğunlaşmak (tr)

thorough inspection

• Finnish: tarkastus (fi), tutkimus (fi)
• Hungarian: vizsgálat (hu), vizsgálódás (hu)

• Russian: тщательная (ru) (tščatelʹnaja) проверка (ru) (proverka) f
• Telugu: పరిశీలన (te) (pariSeelana)

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Translations to be checked

• Spanish: escrutinio m

• Portuguese (Brazil) escrutínio, exame minucioso
• German: genaue Untersuchung; prüfender od. forschender Blick

Related terms

• inscrutable
• perscrutation
• scrutator
• scrutineer
• scrutinize

Verb

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

1. (obsolete, rare) To scrutinize.

External links

• scrutiny in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• scrutiny in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 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